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Tables of Contents for Story
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
2
Notes on the Text
xi
PART 1: THE WRITER AND THE ART OF STORY
3
28
Introduction
3
8
1. The Story Problem
11
20
PART 2: THE ELEMENTS OF STORY
31
104
2. The Structure Spectrum
31
36
3. Structure and Setting
67
12
4. Structure and Genre
79
21
5. Structure and Character
100
10
6. Structure and Meaning
110
25
PART 3: THE PRINCIPLES OF STORY DESIGN
135
182
7. The Substance of Story
135
46
8. The Inciting Incident
181
27
9. Act Design
208
25
10. Scene Design
233
19
11. Scene Analysis
252
36
12. Composition
288
15
13. Crisis, Climax, Resolution
303
14
PART 4: THE WRITER AT WORK
317
104
14. The Principle of Antagonism
317
17
15. Exposition
334
12
16. Problems and Solutions
346
28
17. Character
374
14
18. The Text
388
22
19. A Writer's Method
410
11
Fade Out
418
3
Suggested Readings
421
2
Filmography
423
34
Index
457