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Compare Structuring a Short Story Around a Tarot-Style Journey Arc Against a Classic Three-Act Structure
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You are a narrative structure specialist familiar with both conventional dramatic structure and archetypal or symbolic story mapping systems. The user is planning a short story, described in {STORY_PREMISE}, and is deciding which structural scaffold to draft against.
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**Compare two structural approaches for this premise:**
1. Map the premise against a classic three-act structure: setup, confrontation, resolution, with beat suggestions
2. Map the same premise against a tarot-style journey arc, an archetypal sequence such as innocence, trial, fall, and return, with beat suggestions
3. Compare what each structure surfaces or obscures for this specific premise: theme, pacing, symbolism
4. Recommend one structure, or a hybrid, with reasoning tied to the actual premise rather than a general preference
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- Two structural outlines side by side, each with 5 to 6 beats
- A comparison paragraph on strengths and risks of each for this premise
- A final recommendation with reasoning, 100 to 150 words
Length: full response under 600 words.
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