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  This isn't true; it's just that popular stories tend to follow the same outline. People have figured out that others generally like stories told in a certain way and favor certain setups and payoffs.
context: Once you learn about storytelling you know that pretty much every story follows the same outline. Every romance has the same plot. Every fantasy. Adventure. Etc. There’s only so many ways to tell a story and they’ve all been done before.