Unlock the Secret Formula: 6 Story Arcs That Will Keep Your Audience Glued to Every Word
- Disney’s Frozen
- Disney’s Up
- Dreamwork’s How to Train Your Dragon
- Jane Eyre by Emily Bronte
- Disney’s Pinocchio
- Disney’s Aladdin
6. Oedipus (fall then rise then fall)
The Oedipus arc is one of the most difficult structures to pull off, but it’s also one of the most highly read structures.

Examples of the Oedipus story arc include:
- Moby Dick by Herman Melville
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- Lolita by Vladimir Nabakov
- The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- The Godfather by Mario Puzo
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Top 3 Best-Selling Story Arcs and Character Arcs
You now know the six story arcs, but there are three that researchers have shown to be the arcs of more bestselling stories. Watch the video to learn what they are:



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