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ASIN: 0898799465
ID #107488
Product Type: Book
Reviewer: ElaineElaine Author Icon
Review Rated: ASR
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Summary of this Book...
So just what is plot? Let's let the author, Ansen Dibell answer:
 
Plot is the things character do, feel, think, or say, that make a difference to what comes afterward….
 
No thought, in and of itself, is plot. No action, however dramatic, is plot if the story would have been about the same if it hadn’t happened at all. Any action, however seemingly trivial can be vital and memorable if it has significant consequences and changes the story’s outcome.
 
Plotting is a way of looking at things. It’s a way of deciding what’s important and then showing it to be important through the way you construct and connect the major events of your story. It’s the way you show things mattering.
 
CHAPTERS
 
Introduction - Coming to Plot the Hard Way
Chapter 1 - What Is Plot?
Chapter 2 - Grand Openings
Chapter 3 - Would You Trust a Viewpoint with Shifty Eyes?
Chapter 4 - "Shup Up!" He Explained--Handling Exposition
Chapter 5 - Early Middles: New Directions and Subplots
Chapter 6 - Building the Big Scenes: Set-Pieces
Chapter 7 - Harnessing Melodrama
Chapter 8 - Patterns, Mirrors, and Echoes
Chapter 9 - Pacing, Transitions, Flashes, and Frames
Chapter 10 - When You Come to the End, Stop
Chapter 11 - Beyond Plot
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