64 Elementary Story Types explores the world of alchemical and psychological archetypes to bring a kaleidoscope of new ideas to your creative fiction.

Delve into this eclectic system for understanding the world of story types and discover how the slightest change to a crucial element of any story can provide a range of new insights for the drama potential of your tale.

This book contains three major strands, weaved into a 64-part matrix for determining where your story could be improved by the addition of a metaphysical element.

The first is how the dimension of character class can affect a story, with other characters behaving differently if the protagonist is a soldier, a politician, a philosopher or a peasant.

The second is how the dimension of the energy in the story itself helps determine the emotional vibe of the final outcome. Is this a story of creation, destruction, order or chaos?

The third is how the reader is left feeling at the end of the story. This corresponds to the four classical elements of water, earth, fire and air. Is the reader left enervated by the story, or energised? Are they afraid or in awe?

Whether you’re new to telling stories or a practiced explorer of the imagination, there will something in this book to stoke your imagination and take it to new and exciting places.

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