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Kishōtenketsu Story Structure: What It Is, How It Works, and How It Compares to Western Plotting

Note From KMW: In recent years, one of the questions I’ve been asked most often is whether I’ll write more about Eastern story structure—particularly how it compares to the Western Monomyth and the structural beats I tend to teach. In fact, when I ran my reader survey last year, exploring Kishōtenketsu was one of the […]
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#StructuringYourNovel #kishotenketsu #structuringyournovel

I was looking up answers to the question: "Why does Japan have #iyashikei (calming, peaceful, healing stories) but the US doesn't, and focuses on tension and danger instead?"

I found this reddit comment by u/EmmaRoseheart:

> Western TV shows don't do that sort of thing at all because the whole thing of iyashikei is deeply antithetical to the traditional Western mode of storytelling.

What does that mean? /rh Obviously I dug deeper.

Western #storytelling is generally based around the 3-act or 5-act structures. There's conflict and danger, which gets more intense over time, and the protagonist grows and changes.

But there's a Japanese storytelling structure called #kishotenketsu, which isn't necessarily about conflict or danger. Instead - from what I understand - it's about building up to a twist or revelation. Which often re-contextualizes the story.

I think I want to try #writing in this style sometime. Maybe a story about exploration and discovery, set in a beautiful and peaceful world.

Kishotenketsu- Asian 4-part story structure, and how it's used in Shinkai's Garden of Words:

https://www.paulkemner.com/kishotenketsu-asian-story-structure-anime-garden-of-words/

#anime #writing #manga #animanga #kishotenketsu

Kishotenketsu- Asian 4-part story structure, and how it's used in Shinkai's Garden of Words:

https://www.paulkemner.com/kishotenketsu-asian-story-structure-anime-garden-of-words/

#anime #writing #manga #animanga #kishotenketsu

Kishotenketsu- Asian 4-part story structure, and how it's used in Shinkai's Garden of Words:

https://www.paulkemner.com/kishotenketsu-asian-story-structure-anime-garden-of-words/

#anime #writing #manga #animanga #kishotenketsu

Kishotenketsu- Asian 4-part story structure, and how it's used in Shinkai's Garden of Words:

https://www.paulkemner.com/kishotenketsu-asian-story-structure-anime-garden-of-words/

#anime #writing #manga #animanga #kishotenketsu

Kishotenketsu- Asian 4-part story structure, and how it's used in Shinkai's Garden of Words:

https://www.paulkemner.com/kishotenketsu-asian-story-structure-anime-garden-of-words/

#anime #writing #manga #animanga #kishotenketsu

Kishotenketsu- one reason why anime movies are so different!

I show how this story structure is used in Kiki's Delivery Service:

https://www.paulkemner.com/kishotenketsu-asian-story-structure-anime-kiki/

#anime #writing #manga #animanga #kishotenketsu

Kishotenketsu- one reason why anime movies are so different!

I show how this story structure is used in Kiki's Delivery Service:

https://www.paulkemner.com/kishotenketsu-asian-story-structure-anime-kiki/

#anime #writing #manga #animanga #kishotenketsu

Kishotenketsu- one reason why anime movies are so different!

I show how this story structure is used in Kiki's Delivery Service:

https://www.paulkemner.com/kishotenketsu-asian-story-structure-anime-kiki/

#anime #writing #manga #animanga #kishotenketsu

Kishotenketsu- one reason why anime movies are so different!

I show how this story structure is used in Kiki's Delivery Service:

https://www.paulkemner.com/kishotenketsu-asian-story-structure-anime-kiki/

#anime #writing #manga #animanga #kishotenketsu