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20 Master Plots : : and how to Build Them

Tobias, Ronald B., 1946- Book - 2011 808.3 To 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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Includes index.
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.
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.

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PUBLISHED
Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, [2011?]
Year Published: 2011
Description: 279 pages ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781599635378
1599635372

SUBJECTS
Plots (Drama, novel, etc.)
Fiction -- Technique.