there are basically three kinds of plots:http://www.cherylklein.com/id38.html
A conflict: Two people or forces in opposition to each other. This can be an internal conflict as well as an external conflict
A mystery: Where some piece of information needs to be found out: the name of the murderer, the location of an object on a quest
And a lack: Where something is missing from the protagonist's life at the beginning, and it is earned or fulfilled by the end.
She goes on to say that one of the reasons she believes the Harry Potter series works so well is that it has all three, as well as individual plots for each of the books:
The conflict: Harry vs. Voldemort
The mystery: Why Voldemort couldn't kill baby Harry, and how the grown-up Harry can eventually defeat him
And the lack: Harry going from not having friends or family to being surrounded by them at the end of Book 7
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