I.-MISLEADING FORMS OF NARRATIVE 1
Illuminating Comparisons of the modern Short Story with (1) the Anecdote; (2) the True Story; (8) the Fable; (4) the Allegory; (6) the Character Sketch and the Character Study; (6) the Humorous Story; (7) the Playlet; (8) the Novel; (9) the Novelette.
II.— THE MODERN SHORT STORY ... 11
A Comprehensive Definition; the Name a Misnomer.
III.— THE PLOT 14
What It Is ; Its Importance and Relationship in the Modem Short Story; the Obstacle; Logic and Plausibility.
IV.— LAWS GOVERNING THE PLOT ... 19
The Dramatic Unities with an Additional Unit; Care; Compression; Simplicity; Dispatch; Completeness.
V.— PLOT ANALYSIS 23.
"Mrs. Knollys" and "The Necklace" as Examples; the Triangle Plot
VI.— INSPIRATION 80
Mood; Stimulants; the Powers and Employment of Imagination.
VII.— THE PROCESS OF PLOTTING . . . 36
Important Differences between that of Plotting and of Narrating the Story.
VIII.— THE PROGRESSIVE STAGES IN PLOTTING 40
The Plot Germ; the Plot Skeleton; the Plot Scenario; Examples.
IX.— ARRANGEMENTS OF EVENTS ... 46
Chronological and Logical Orders; Natural Sequence; Story Interest.
X.— PLOT DEVELOPMENT 58
The Laws of Movement and Action ; Supreme Moment; Climax; Conclusion; Denouement; Necessity for Complete Action; the End; the Effect.
XI.— THE TEN POSSIBLE PLOT MANIFESTATIONS 69
Each Illustrated by an Example.
XII.— PLOT GENEALOGY 74
God's Plot in the Book of Creation, showing the Resemblance of All Plots Since; the Basic Plot for All Stories; the Five Elemental Plots Deduced there from; Man's Relationships.
XII— CLASSIFICATIONS AND VARIATIONS OF PLOT . . 79
A Categorical Classification and Comprehensive Catalog of Plot Material.
XIV.— PRACTICAL PLOT SOURCES ... 92
Employment of Facts ; the Daily Newspaper ; Pregnant Paragraphs; Fertile Phrases; Use of Fiction; General Reading; Observation; Dangers; Propriety; Originality.
XV.— A STORE-HOUSE FULL OF PLOTS . . 108
A Novel Method of Storing a Practically Inexhaustible Supply of Plots; the Importance of Taking Notes; How to Take Notes; How to Keep them Systematically.
XVI.— A PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION IN PLOT BUILDING 112
How a Plot is Conceived and Carried thru every Process.
XVII.— THE PLOT-BUILT STORY .... 120
Administrating the Relationship of Plot and Finished Story; "Arden— The Village of Despair."
XVIII.— RECAPITULATION AND REVIEW . 148
A Syllabus Designed for the Use of Teachers and Students in the Study of the Plot of the Short Story; 207 Vital Questions Taken from the Text Itself and Covering the Whole Subject.
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