# The emotional arcs of stories are dominated by six basic shapes

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- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
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- evidence: inspection=metadata_checked, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T01 · tags: level:advanced, story-shape, sentiment, narrative-arc
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:17:48.718Z
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Source: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.07772

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  "usefulness": "Quantitative basis for story-shape templates (rise, fall, fall-rise, etc.) from 1,327 Project Gutenberg fiction works; usable as a measurable target or checker for generated arcs.",
  "source_type": "paper",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "Reagan et al. (University of Vermont)",
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    "Sentiment-based on text of public-domain novels, not screenplays."
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Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Abstract: classifying emotional arcs for a filtered subset of 1,327 Project Gutenberg fiction works yields six core arcs as building blocks. · locator: arXiv abstract page · source: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.07772
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

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- documentation: license=CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 hosting=restricted redistribution=restricted modification=restricted training=unknown · arXiv page lists CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; non-commercial and share-alike conditions apply. · evidence: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.07772

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