THE VIDEO SHELF · story structure
Kurt Vonnegut, Shape of Stories (subtitulos castellano)
Kurt Vonnegut's 2004 Case College lecture, with Spanish subtitles, in which he sketches the shapes of stories on a blackboard. He plots story arcs as good and bad fortune against time.
Why HN readers recommended it
Frequently recommended as a delightful, influential way to think about story structure.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Eva CollinsAlonso
- Topic
- story structure
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 6
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2019–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Vonnegut is really special. I always like coming back to his Shape of Stories talks: [LINK] Here's a longer one: [VIDEO] It's interesting to see the difference in him with age. He seems to giggle more as an older man.
bmitc on Hacker News · 2020-11
In Kurt Vonnegut, The Art of Fiction No. 64 (1977)Not a blog post, but a piece of Kurt Vonnegut's talk randomly found on youtube had an impact on me: [VIDEO]
urxvtcd on Hacker News · 2021-08
In Ask HN: What's the most life-changing blog post you've ever read?There's an excellent video where he goes through these [0], worth a watch if you have the time. [0] [VIDEO]
iaw on Hacker News · 2019-01
In At the Blackboard: Kurt Vonnegut diagrams the shapes of stories (2005)
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