There are dozens of ways to structure a story. They’re all very similar. Here are just a few of them:

• Story circle
  • Video: Story circle (Dan Harmon)
• Seven-point story structure
  • Video: Seven-point story structure (Dan Wells)
• Three-act structure: I – II – III
• Four-act structure: same as three-act structure with act II split into IIa and IIb
• The Nutshell technique
  • Book: The nutshell technique (Jill Chamberlain)
• The hero’s journey
• The story grid
  • Book: The Story Grid (Shawn Coyne)
• The snowflake method