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TreasonousBastard

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6. You may have heard that there are only 6 basic plots in fiction, although that number changes...

Tue Apr 7, 2020, 08:50 AM

Apr 2020

But, it could even be argued that Sherlock Holmes only had only one plot to all of his adventures. And Miss Marple and Poirot the same.

OTOH, there are only 26 letters in the English alphabet, and look how many books we've made of them.

Pianists have it easier with 88 keys, and how many different tunes have been made from those notes...

Don't worry about "who did it first" because somebody did. Best you should worry about who does it best.

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"Simpsons writers have already done that." [View all] nilesobek Apr 2020 OP

Every song... N_E_1 for Tennis Apr 2020 #1

I would say all themes and plots have been done mercuryblues Apr 2020 #2

I wrote a vampire story too called, Cyrus of Cydonia," (a master vampire from Mars). nilesobek Apr 2020 #3

So you know it can be done mercuryblues Apr 2020 #5

Don't feel blue PJMcK Apr 2020 #4

The story by Homer, The Iliad seems to combine all those ingredients. nilesobek Apr 2020 #7

At the risk of being nit-picky, PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #9

Fair enough PJMcK Apr 2020 #11

Over the years I've seen various numbers as to how many stories there are. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #12

You may have heard that there are only 6 basic plots in fiction, although that number changes... TreasonousBastard Apr 2020 #6

I downloaded a piano player program nilesobek Apr 2020 #8

But it's your voice that matters! SheltieLover Apr 2020 #10

Its nothing like the Simpsons episode. nilesobek Apr 2020 #13

Why not electronically self-publish? SheltieLover Apr 2020 #14

well, so what mopinko May 2020 #15