The Fichtean Curve: All Crisis, No Setup

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Most storytelling advice tells you to start slow: establish the ordinary world, introduce your characters, build context before introducing conflict.

The Fichtean Curve says: screw that. Start with a crisis.

Then another crisis. And another. And another.

Keep escalating until you reach a climax, deliver a brief resolution, and you’re done.

No leisurely setup. No patient worldbuilding. No gentle easing the audience into the story.

Just: Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Boom.

Fichtean-Curve on Rafiul Alam