I like looking at “cookie-cutter” by its namesake. Cookie-cutters create shaped cookies of identical shapes. For an application, consider cookie-cutter houses. These are typically in neighborhoods where there are only a handful of unique blueprints for houses, and so there are tons of identical houses all “cut out” as if from cookie cutters. The Hallmark movie example refers to a handful of plots (as opposed to blueprints), where each movie is “cut out” of whatever cliché plot they choose from the incredibly small amount of plots Hallmark has.
I like looking at “cookie-cutter” by its namesake. Cookie-cutters create shaped cookies of identical shapes. For an application, consider cookie-cutter houses. These are typically in neighborhoods where there are only a handful of unique blueprints for houses, and so there are tons of identical houses all “cut out” as if from cookie cutters. The Hallmark movie example refers to a handful of plots (as opposed to blueprints), where each movie is “cut out” of whatever cliché plot they choose from the incredibly small amount of plots Hallmark has.
Indeed, I was just picturing the wrong tool. I had those little wheels in mind, the ones used to cut pizza. It made no sense
Thanks for the explanation
Pizza cutter Plots are plots where the story is divided in equal parts between multiple deuteragonist \s
hah !