Notes tagged “Bracketing”
2023
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Jan 20
Storytelling with large-scale, complex bracketing structures Story structures like the Hero’s Journey and seven-point plot structure can use bracketing to enhance their emotional and thematic resonance.7 min
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Jan 12
Creating story arcs with three-unit brackets Bracketing is a three-unit story structure following an A - B - A form. It’s often used to illustrate transformation by returning to a familiar image, motif, setting, or situation where something has changed because of the intervening story.5 min
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