drift Plot hole Premise (narrative) Robert McKee Scene and sequel Theme (narrative) The Seven Basic Plots, a book by Christopher Booker The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations, which is Georges Polti's categorization of every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance. Notes References Further reading External links The "Basic" Plots In Literature, Information on the most common divisions of the basic plots, from the Internet Public Library organization. Plot Definition, meaning and examples The Minimal Plot, on cyclic structures of the basic plots by Yevgeny Slavutin and Vladimir Pimonov. Narrative techniques