The Forgotten Story Structure — The Fichtean Curve
This story structure isn’t on the tips of writers’ tongues like Three Act story structures or the hero’s journey, and that’s a shame for this structure’s simple nature works great for webcomics or novels because it focuses on crises. This structure also works for less plot-driven stories. (I’m going to include an article I love on the difference between character-driven stories and plot driven, even though I think every story is both knowing the facets of how we as writers divide them is a good thing to have in your back pocket.)
Fichtean is an interesting word. It wouldn’t surprise me if this was an English word but this is the name of a German philosopher. He was in the transcendental philosophy club, and believed in the Good, True, and Beautiful with capital letters. He was instrumental in the founding of German idealism. That’s just background information but you can see how this translates into this structure because it’s very straightforward, very to the point which makes sense because when I hear transcendentals I think of something that is ambiguous to the human mind but also concrete and this structure is ambiguous but solid. It starts with Rising action:
Rising action: The four Crises
So in this first point, think of it like that point of the roller coaster when you hear the clinks of the gears…
