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Line 1: {{trope}}{{Mechanics of Writing}}{{page should be category}}{{stub}} ''An attempt to enumerate the Ur-plots...'' What qualifies a plot as a Master Plot? Hard to say. Let's take Tobias' list as a kicking off point. He contends there are twenty basic stories. Any of these can be used in genre. # Quest ''(Christopher Booker calls this "The Quest", Blake Snyder calls it "Golden Fleece")'' ~~# Quest~~ # Adventure # Pursuit Line 11: # The Riddle # Rivalry # Underdog ''(Blake Snyder calls this "The Fool Triumphant")'' ~~# Underdog~~ # Temptation # Metamorphosis Line 27: ''from: Tobias, Ronald B. 20 Master Plots. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest Books, 1993. (ISBN 0-89879-595-8)'' Compare Booker's ''[[The Seven Basic Plots]]'' and [[Ten Movie Plots]] in Snyder's ''Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need'', each of which not only enumerate the plots but also summarize them. {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Plots~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Master Plots]]▼ [[Category:Mechanics of Writing]] ▲[[Category:~~Master~~ Plots]]