Revealed: Seven story structures every writer needs to know! Click to tweet! 1. Freytag’s Pyramid. Named after a 19th-century German novelist and playwright, Freytag’s Pyramid is a five-point dramatic structure that’s based on the classical Greek tragedies of Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripedes. Structure. Introduction. The story is narrated by Tuptim, one of the King’s wives. Like Eliza, Tuptim runs away from the King following the play in order to reunite with her secret lover Lun Tha. Tuptim is captured by the King’s guard and with Anna’s insistence is spared by the King. Though she gains her freedom, Tuptim learns that Lun Tha has already been killed. The bedtime story being told is the novel’s story, but it’s shared in dialogue and internal thoughts, with the character reflecting on the events as they play out in the novel. In other words, I use the section breaks to insert a story within a story. Note that these are not random choices. They are very specific and key to the plots of my Pick and arrange stories so that they they form an overall narrative (plot or emotional journey). They don't have to be in the same universe or even genre. For example, a story of inner conflict, a story of one-on-one conflict, a story about a small skirmish, a story about a large battle, etc. ending with a story that contemplates conflict. True. A short-story writer must concentrate on a few outstanding character traits in each important character. True. Dialogue in a story is not designed to imitate real conversation. False. A short story usually has a large number of characters. False. The denouement comes at the beginning of a story. False. bsSpmQJ.

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