According to The Seven Basic Plots, by author Christopher Booker, the actual plots of most stories are not original. Rather, there are seven basic plots that get reused, refreshed, and remodeled - hopefully in original ways.These charts describe the basics of each of these plots and divide them into seven sections each: Exposition, Rising Action 1, Rising Action 2, Rising Action 3, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution. This helps them match up well with the 5-part “plot roller coaster” that ma