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The Five-Stage Story Structure
Disciplines > Storytelling > Plots > The Five-stage Story Structure
Many stories of all types have a structure that follows five basic stages of action. This basic sequence which appear as the overall shape of the story or in sub-sequences, such as chapters and scenes.
- Exposition: Setting the scene.
- Rising action: Building the tension.
- Climax: The exciting bit.
- Falling action: Tidying up loose ends.
- Resolution: Ending the story.