NARRATIVE: Kate Domaille's 8 Narrative Types

Every story ever told can be fitted into one of eight narrative types. Each of these narrative types has a source, an original story upon which the others are based. These stories are as follows:

1. Achilles: The Fatal Flaw that leads to the destruction of the previously flawless, or almost flawless, person e.g. Superman

2. Candide: The indomitable hero who cannot be put down, e.g. James Bond

3. Cinderella: The dream comes true, e.g. Pretty Woman

4. Circe: The Chase, the spider and the fly, the innocent and the victim e.g. Terminator

5. Faust: Selling your soul to the devil may bring riches but eventually your soul belongs to him, e.g Wall Street, Devil's Advocate

6. Orpheus: The loss of something personal, the gift that is taken away, the tragedy of loss or the journey which follows the loss e.g. The Sixth Sense.

7. Romeo and Juliet: The love story, e.g. Titanic.

8. Tristan and Iseult: The love triangle. Man loves woman... Unfortunately one or both of them are already spoken for, or a third party intervenes, e.g. Bridget Jones' Diary, Pretty In Pink.