Unlock the Secret Formula: 6 Story Arcs That Will Keep Your Audience Glued to Every Word
The Icarus arc, named after the cautionary Greek story about a boy who escapes imprisonment on an island by constructing wings made of wax and ultimately flies too close to the sun, is one of the most popular story arcs.
Examples of the Icarus story arc include:
- Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- The upcoming novel Pluck by J.H. Bunting (me!)
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare
- Disney’s Peter Pan
- The Old Man and the Sea / A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
- The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- Titanic (film)
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Great Santini by Pat Conroy
If the word “great” is in the title, you know you’re in for a sad ending! This is a popular story structure with literary writers, and tends to be a staple structure for many classics.
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