The Periodic Table of Storytelling
From AVClub:
Graphic designer James Harris has taken the periodic table of the elements, which catalogs the basic building blocks necessary for all life in the universe, and done something useful with it. Harris’ Periodic Table Of Storytelling takes several of the film, television, and video game clichés assembled so thoroughly by the website TV Tropes, assigns them the equivalent of an atomic name and number, and gathers them together in a big, beautiful parody of the periodic table.
For a larger version of it, go to Harris’ site here in which each ‘element’ in the periodic table is an active link and takes you directly to its respective TV Tropes page.
Either a major boon to your brainstorming… or a complete time-suck!
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