Ages ago naughty stripper Gypsy Rose Lee became famous because she knew that "you gotta have a gimmick." Hers was feathers. Mine is words. That means I need to find "the write twist" to capture a reader's attention.
Since Aristotle, writers have debated how many types of plots exist. Personally, I don't care. What makes my plot different from yours isn't the plot itself but the twist that I take in developing that story. If you have attended Writer's Conferences where each attendee starts with the same first sentence then has 15 minutes to write an opening to a story, you quickly hear how many ways that same beginning can develop into vastly different stories. That's a great exercise for your writer's group to do (or do it yourself by taking the sentence on a new write twist each day for a week).
For a writer, the world is modeling clay and you are in charge. You can frame your "write world" anyway you choose. Don't be afraid to twist your characters slightly and find out what they will do. The result might be the spice that does wonders for your story.
