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128: U and Non‑U – Using Dan Harmon’s Story Circle to Jump-Start Plotting
We fell straight into the story‑structure void this week—Dan Harmon’s Story Circle (of Community fame, as Murph will be quick to tell you; only casuals know him from Rick and Morty), Joseph Campbell, sitcom plotting, and the eternal “oh god, my draft needs an actual plot” realization. We shared our outlining disasters, surprise rewrites, and that moment when you finally admit the story isn’t done yet.
Afterward, we read stories inspired by U and Non‑U, a very British way of deciding whether you’re classy or common based on whether you say “bike” or “cycle.”
Stories start around 19:05. Happy writing everyone!
Be sure to follow us on Instagram (if that's your sort of thing). Please do send us an email with your story if you write along, which we hope you will do.
Episodes of Radio FreeWrite are protected by a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. All Stories remain the property of their respective authors.
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By WebEater, Murph, The Lotus, Krispy, Spud, PC Nottingham
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We fell straight into the story‑structure void this week—Dan Harmon’s Story Circle (of Community fame, as Murph will be quick to tell you; only casuals know him from Rick and Morty), Joseph Campbell, sitcom plotting, and the eternal “oh god, my draft needs an actual plot” realization. We shared our outlining disasters, surprise rewrites, and that moment when you finally admit the story isn’t done yet.
Afterward, we read stories inspired by U and Non‑U, a very British way of deciding whether you’re classy or common based on whether you say “bike” or “cycle.”
Stories start around 19:05. Happy writing everyone!
Be sure to follow us on Instagram (if that's your sort of thing). Please do send us an email with your story if you write along, which we hope you will do.
Episodes of Radio FreeWrite are protected by a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. All Stories remain the property of their respective authors.