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20 master plots : and how to build them / Ronald B. Tobias.
Annenberg Library - Reserve PN218 .T59 2012
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tobias, Ronald B., 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plots (Drama, novel, etc.).
- Fiction--Technique.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 279 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Second paperback edition.
- Other Title:
- Twenty master plots and how to build them
- Place of Publication:
- Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, [2011?]
- Summary:
- Discusses and analyzes twenty plots that recur in all genres of fiction and provides information for writers on how to develop the plots for use in their own stories.
- Contents:
- Invisible fiction
- Lowest possible plot denominators
- Strong force
- Deep structure
- Triangles
- Twenty master plots: prologue
- Quest
- Adventure
- Pursuit
- Rescue
- Escape
- Revenge
- Riddle
- Rivalry
- Underdog
- Temptation
- Metamorphosis
- Transformation
- Maturation
- Love
- Forbidden love
- Sacrifice
- Discovery
- Wretched excess
- Ascension and descension
- Parting shots.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781599635378
- 1599635372
- OCLC:
- 753304543
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