Story Structures Ranked from Worst to Best

From Bookfox.

Feel free to debate me on this ranking in the comments! But from my perspective, these are the least helpful and the most helpful story structures to use when writing a novel.

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Timeline:
0:00 Intro
0:16 #8 Triangle Structure
1:41 #7 The Structure from Egypt
3:19 #6 An Eastern Storytelling Structure
4:21 #5 A Curved Structure
5:46 #4 Fractal Structure
7:15 #3 The Structure Based on What Heroes Do
9:26 #2 Structure of Pinch Points and Plot Turns
10:43 #1 The Absolute Best Structure