Story Types

According to Joel Jenkins there are ten different types of stories.  At one time or another we've all heard the ten.
1. Romance- We usually see this as a love story, but can also include love between friends or even animals (not in a bad way).
2. Success/Failure- Someone wins or someone loses.
3. Cinderella- One of my favorites in which someone comes from nowhere to achieve greatness. This is usually a sports story, which is why I like them so much.
4. Conversion- A person starts out one way and acts or believes differently at the end.
5. Sacrifice- Pretty self explanatory.
6. Family- Doesn't have to be blood relation, but a big group of close people that is usually a mixture of several     types.
7. Triangle- Person starts out with one person, goes to the other person and then ends up with the first person.
8. Return- A person comes back in the end.
9. Crime & Punishment- Person commits the crime and then gets caught in the end.
10. Heroic- Also, pretty self explanatory.
Many of these stories can be combined and often are. When the story types are narrowed down to just ten and there are countless numbers of stories in existence it shows how the types can be manipulated and told in different ways.