How to craft a great story
Subtitle: creating perfect plot and structure
By: Chris Sykes
Publisher: Teach Yourself
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781444167566
Subjects: Fiction; Technique; Creative writing; Authorship
Description: "How to Craft a Great Story takes you step by step through the process of creating a compelling and coherent plot and structure. It covers such basics as the traditional story arcs, and such advanced information as finding balance and marrying structure and form. Each chapter contains a diagnostic test, case studies, practical exercises and Aide Memoire boxes. Each chapter concludes with a reminder of the key points of the chapter (Focus Points) and a round-up of what to expect in the next (Next Step) will whet your appetite for what's coming and how it relates to what you've just read. Covering some of the most commonly raised questions in creative writing courses, it is perfect for anyone who needs the next step on from the basic 'how to write a novel'."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-277) and index.
Table of contents: title: The basics of a story; title: Finding and making plots; title: Constructing a plot with pace and movement; title: The plot ladder; title: Conflict; title: What is structure?; title: Story and plot: the principles of connectedness and causality; title: Plot holes and problems with plot; title: The "gold" and the "MacGuffin": plot-drivers, confrontation and disaster; title: The four stages of a story; title: Understanding form and structure; title: Finding perfect story shape: proportion; title: Screenwriting theory: using the three-act structure; title: Using mythic structure; title: Other story models; title: Afterword.