While preparing to present for a conference that was cancelled (sigh), I found myself wondering what Kurt Vonnegut would say about it. You see, I thought it might be fun to design my slide show based off of Kurt Vonnegut’s story frame.

Here are some popular frames that appear in this LifeHacker article. I have to admit that I love the way Kurt Vonnegut speaks to this.

As you might guess, I’ve only had a little success at writing a fictional tale that matches one or all of these frames. Woohoo, I have to save something exciting for old age. I’ve always been fascinated with writing formulas and trying to write to formula.

What formulas do you see as underlying the writing you engage in every day?