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 36 Dramatic Archetypes for Fantasy Writers

This page is a work in progress.  Check back soon for updates to this page.  For now, here are Polti’s 36 dramatic situations:

1. Abduction
2. Adultery
3. All sacrificed for a passion
4. Ambition
5. An enemy loved
6. Conflict with a god
7. Crimes of love
8. Daring enterprise
9. Deliverance
10. Disaster
11. Discovery of the dishonor of a loved one
12. Enigma
13. Enmity of kinsmen
14. Erroneous judgment
15. Falling prey to cruelty or misfortune
16. Fatal imprudence
17. Involuntary crimes of love
18. Loss of loved ones
19. Madness
20. Mistaken jealousy
21. Murderous adultery
22. Necessity of sacrificing loved ones
23. Obstacles to love
24. Obtaining
25. Pursuit
26. Recovery of a lost one
27. Remorse
28. Revolt
29. Rivalry of kinsmen
30. Rivalry of superior and inferior
31. Self-sacrifice for kindred
32. Self-sacrificing for an ideal
33. Slaying of a kinsman unrecognized
34. Supplication
35. Vengeance of a crime
36. Vengeance taken for kindred upon kindred

What about Bob?

Who is this guy?

Bob Younce is a writer living and working in a small town in Mid-Michigan.  Bob has worn many hats in his lifetime.  He has:

• Worked in a factory as an assembler
• Worked in a Library as a Media Assistant
• Been a Lotus Notes Administrator
• Been a Network Administrator
• Owned a small business in computer consulting
• Made a living selling garage-sale items on eBay
• Driven a delivery truck
• Earned a Bachelor’s degree in History and Philosophy
• Earned a Master’s degree in Humanities
• Taught College Mathematics

He’s also a passable dancer.

For the last five years, Bob has made his living writing on the Internet.  He works at his kitchen table, in his basement, at local colleges, at the Souper Cafe’, and anywhere else he feels like.  Bob loves the writing life, and wouldn’t trade it for any of the hats that he’s worn in the past.  Wonder what life is like for an Internet writer?  Take a look at a typical day for Bob.

Want to know more about Bob?

You asked for it.  We’re not sure why, but you did.  If you want to know more about Bob, you can:

• Visit his wife’s cooking blog.
• Read Bob’s thoughts on Dungeons and Dragons, the best RPG ever.
• Discover 7 Interesting things about Bob.

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