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Is it related somehow to recursion?

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[โ€“] bastion@feddit.nl 2 points 2 days ago

..or the metanareative can be the structure of the story itself.

Here's a few frequent ones (Kurt Vonnegut for more):

Someone ran into a set of problems and then solved them.

Some people met, overcame some stuff and then ended up together.

Things were bad and got better.

Things were bad and got worse.

A specific thing needed to be done and someone did it.