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    Kurt Vonnegut, Shape of Stories (subtitulos castellano)

    Eva CollinsAlonso

    6 HN recommenders · recommended in 6 months, 2019–2024

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    17:37 · 2.2M views · Jul 14, 2018

    Kurt Vonnegut's 2004 Case College lecture, with Spanish subtitles, in which he sketches the shapes of stories on a blackboard. He plots story arcs as good and bad fortune against time.

    Frequently recommended as a delightful, influential way to think about story structure.

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    7 comments from Hacker News

    1. @bmitcNov 2020· in “Kurt Vonnegut, The Art of Fiction No. 64 (1977)”

      Vonnegut is really special. I always like coming back to his Shape of Stories talks: [LINK] Here's a longer one: this video It's interesting to see the difference in him with age. He seems to giggle more as an older man.

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    2. @urxvtcdAug 2021· in “Ask HN: What's the most life-changing blog post you've ever read?”

      Not a blog post, but a piece of Kurt Vonnegut's talk randomly found on youtube had an impact on me: this video

      Strongly recommendsView on HN
    3. @sam_0123Jul 2021· in “No More Movies”

      Yes, Hero's Journey plot ( [LINK] ) is very well understood and yet continues to sell well and generally the idea of certain shapes to stories is beautifully explored here among other places: this video

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    4. @plussed_readerFeb 2024· in “The emotional arcs of stories are dominated by six basic shapes”

      You can find variations of this talk across his life but Vonneguts 'Shape of Stories' kept ringing in my head while going over this paper. I like the later-in-life version of the talk. this video

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    5. @f0e4c2f7Nov 2021· in “Ask HN: How do I learn how to tell a good story?”

      There is a video of Kurt Vonnegut talking about story telling called Shape of Stories thats pretty good. this video

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