Plot

Name: Plot
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ISBN: 9780898799460

ISBN-10: 0898799465

ISBN-13: 9780898799460

Edition: 1999

Authors: Ansen Dibell

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There are ways to create, fix, steer and discover plots--ways which, over a writing life, you'd eventually puzzle out for yourself, writes Ansen Dibell. "They aren't laws. They're an array of choices, things to try, once you've put a name to the particular problem you're facing now."That's what this book is about: identifying those choices (whose viewpoint? stop and explain now, or wait? how can this lead to that?), then learning what narrative problems they are apt to create and how to choose an effective strategy for solving them. The result? Strong, solid stories and novels that move.Inside you'll discover how to:- test a story idea (using four simple questions) to see if it…

Book details

List price: $14.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: F&W Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/15/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introduction: Coming to Plot the Hard Way



What is Plot?



Grand Openings



Would You Trust a Viewpoint with Shifty Eyes?



"Shut Up!" He Explained--Handling Exposition



Early Middles: New Directions and Subplots



Building the Big Scenes: Set-Pieces



Harnessing Melodrama



Patterns, Mirrors, and Echoes



Pacing, Transitions, Flashes, and Frames



When You Come to the End, Stop



Beyond Plot


Index