Including: Life of the author -- Brief summary of the novel -- List of characters -- Summaries and commentaries -- Critical analysis -- Character analyses -- Review questions -- Selected bibliography -- "Great expectations" genealogy.
Uses examples from ancient times to the present to explore the even archetypal themes that recur throughout every type of storytelling, and discusses how those themes are related to basic human psychology.
for the writer of novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, and television episodes : a creative source for generating a virtually limitless number and variety of story plots and outlines
Sawyer, Tom
1999
Contains thousands of specific story suggestions and outlines to help develop original plots and sub-plots for narratives, plays, and movie scripts.
Describes the principles and techniques of plot development in fiction writing, discussing characterization, suspense, conflict, transcendency, and other topics.
