Plotting the Short Story: A Practical Exposition of Germ-Plots, What They are and Where to Find Them; The Structure and Development of the Plot; and the Relation of the Plot to the Story
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I — Germ-Plots What They Are and Where to Find Them 9-22
CHAPTER II — Structure of the Plot 25-39
CHAPTER III — Plot Development
Simple Plots 43-59
Complicated Plots 60-78
CHAPTER IV— Relation of the Plot to the Story 80-96
A comprehensive system of; plot development, and an adequate supply of material to draw from, are almost indispensable to the writer who turns out a large number of stories each year, and to the occasional scribbler who has little knowledge of plot form and structure it is of even greater value. Years of experience as a writer, literary critic and student of the short story have brought out these facts: The writer who is long on writing is generally short on ideas, and an inadequate knowledge of the plot and its development causes more aspiring authors to fail than any other one thing.
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