Our default story structure
2025-05-21 17:46:30.032167+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Charlie Jane Anders: Our default story structure is literally killing us.
Maybe endless stories about escalating wars weren’t a great idea after all
Things get worse and worse until they become unbearable — at which point a great victory occurs, and then everything miraculously becomes wonderful.
Via June Martin @theworldsgreatestwriter.com who posits (with diagram) "The Fool's Errand".