7. People Learn Best from Examples
In the previous topic, I wrote about Aristotle’s model of the structure of a story. What if I had just told you the facts and left it at that?
Aristotle identified the basic structure of stories, and many people have since expounded on his ideas. One model is the basic three-act structure: beginning, middle, and end. This may not sound very unusual, but when Aristotle came up with it over two thousand years ago it was probably pretty radical.
You may or may not have processed that information, and you might not remember it. Instead of just giving you the facts, I also gave you an example. I walked you through how Aristotle’s outline applied to my story.
According to Aristotle’s model, in the beginning you introduce ...
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