Only….Seven basic plots.

Here they are. 1, Overcoming the monster. 2, Rags to riches. 3, The quest. 4, Voyage and return. 5, Comedy. 6, Tragedy. 7, Rebirth.

Lets start with, “overcoming the monster.” Here’s a cute animation movie that is a good example of this plot.  A Monster Calls (2016)   Animation, Drama, Fantasy.

The PLOT…taken from IMDb

A boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his single mother’s terminal illness

The monster does not come walking often. This time it comes to Conor, and it asks for the one thing Conor cannot bring himself to do. Tell the truth. This is a very touching story about a boy who feels very damaged, guilty and mostly angry. He struggles at school with bul…

Twelve-year-old Conor O’Malley must face his mother’s terminal cancer, his strict grandmother, his estranged father and theschool bully, Harry. One night at 12:07 a.m., Conor is visited by the tree-like Monster, who tells Conor it has to come to tell him three true stori…

The boy Conor O’Malley has frequent nightmares and is facing several problems. His beloved mother Lizzie has a terminal illness and he might have to live with his strict grandmother Mrs. Clayton.. His estranged father lives in the United States of America. He is bullied a…

Like all plots in the end, (most often) they’re about personal growth. This is the beauty and magic of storytelling to advance our growth as people. We write stories, fiction or true to share with the world and help it become a better place by becoming better people. These stories after watching or reading inspire us hopefully to take a look inside and become the better person as we struggle with our own monsters like Conor did in this movie. When challenged with our own monsters we can draw on, recall what Conor did, how he handled his challenges and hopefully just hopefully have a positive out come.