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The Seven Basic Plots Why We Tell Stories

Christopher Booker

From The Epic of Gilgemesh to Jaws and Schindler's List, Christopher Booker examines in detail the stories that underlie literature and the plots that are basic to story telling through the ages. In this magisterial work he examines the plots of films, opera libretti and the contemporary novel and s...

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Modern Wisdom

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Modern Wisdom

Storr referred to Christopher Booker's epic book The Seven Basic Plots while discussing story structures.

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There's a guy called Christopher Booker who wrote an epic book called The Seven Basic Plots.

— Episode: #944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In St...

Episode: #944 - Will Storr - A Masterclass In Storytelling

Storr referred to Christopher Booker's epic book The Seven Basic Plots while discussing story structures.

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There's a guy called Christopher Booker who wrote an epic book called The Seven Basic Plots.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Christopher Booker's The Seven Basic Plots was referenced as an influential work on storytelling structure, cited while discussing narrative techniques in business and marketing.

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the book called the seven basic plots. And it begins when Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs' wife was friends with somebody from Microsoft... and then the true origin story of the iPhone.

— Episode: The More Successful You Are The Longer Y...

Episode: The More Successful You Are The Longer You’ll Live...

Christopher Booker's The Seven Basic Plots was referenced as an influential work on storytelling structure, cited while discussing narrative techniques in business and marketing.

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the book called the seven basic plots. And it begins when Steve Jobs, Steve Jobs' wife was friends with somebody from Microsoft... and then the true origin story of the iPhone.

The Daily Stoic

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The Daily Stoic

The speaker mentioned acquiring the audiobook version of this book for $29.

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I just bought a book called seven basic story plots or whatever. Uh, I bought a book. Let me rephrase that. I got the audio book for $29.

— Episode: Bert Kreischer Has a Stoicism Problem

Episode: Bert Kreischer Has a Stoicism Problem

The speaker mentioned acquiring the audiobook version of this book for $29.

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I just bought a book called seven basic story plots or whatever. Uh, I bought a book. Let me rephrase that. I got the audio book for $29.

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