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This book shows the reader how to take timeless storytelling structures and make them immediate, now, for fiction that's universal in how it speaks to the reader's heart and contemporary in detail and impact. Each chapter includes brief excerpts and descriptions of fiction from many... read more
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First Sentence edit
The shelves of libraries are stacked with the stories of centuries, but out in the street, the air swarms with newly made fiction.
Table of Contents edit
Chapter One: Invisible Fiction
Chapter Two: The Lowest Common Plot Denominators
Chapter Three: The Strong Force
Chapter Four: Deep Structure
Chapter Five: Triangles
Chapter Six: Twenty Master Plots: Prologue
Chapter Seven: Master Plot #1: Quest
Chapter Eight: Master Plot #2: Adventure
Chapter Nine: Master Plot #3: Pursuit
Chapter Ten: Master Plot #4: Rescue
Chapter Eleven: Master Plot #5: Escape
Chapter Twelve: Master Plot #6: Revenge
Chapter Thirteen: Master Plot #7: The Riddle
Chapter Fourteen: Master Plot #8: Rivalry
Chapter Fifteen: Master Plot #9: Underdog
Chapter Sixteen: Master Plot #10: Temptation
Chapter Seventeen: Master Plot #11: Metamorphosis
Chapter Eighteen: Master Plot #12: Transformation
Chapter Nineteen: Master Plot #13: Maturation
Chapter Twenty: Master Plot #14: Love
Chapter Twenty-One: Master Plot #15: Forbidden Love
Chapter Twenty-Two: Master Plot #16: Sacrifice
Chapter Twenty-Three: Master Plot #17: Discovery
Chapter Twenty-Four: Master Plot #18: Wretched Excess
Chapter Twenty-Five: Master Plots #19 and #20: Ascension and Descension
Chapter Twenty-Six: Parting Shots
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Ronald B. Tobias (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Writers Digest Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1993
ISBN: 0898795958
Page Count: 240
Publisher: Writers Digest Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1993
ISBN: 0898795958
Page Count: 240
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- Library of Congress: PN218 .T59 1993
- Dewey: 808.02
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