You can patent Storylines!?

[BiggusGeekus]

What about a story of a person who wins the lottery and then uses it to improve lives?

Sorry. Just patented that. You owe me a nickel.

 

[Stormborn]

What about a story of a person who wins the lottery and then uses it to improve lives?

Then the protaginist is the means by which the lost ideal is restored. Its still the seed of the plot.

 

[Desdichado]

Then the protaginist is the means by which the lost ideal is restored. Its still the seed of the plot.

Sorry, pal, you're plot is "the ideal is lost". "The ideal is restored" is a completely different plot, usually relegated to the sequel.

 

[Henry]

So basically, every plot boils down to " happens?"