Plot

"There are ways to create, fix, steer and discover plots--ways which, over a writing life, you'd eventually puzzle out for yourself," writes Ansen Dibell. "They aren't laws. They're an array of choices, things to try, once you've put a name to the particular problem you're facing now."

Introduction: Coming to Plot the Hard Way	p. 1
What is Plot?	p. 5
Grand Openings	p. 19
Would You Trust a Viewpoint with Shifty Eyes?	p. 30
"Shut Up!" He Explained--Handling Exposition	p. 43
Early Middles: New Directions and Subplots	p. 58
Building the Big Scenes: Set-Pieces	p. 69
Harnessing Melodrama	p. 81
Patterns, Mirrors, and Echoes	p. 94
Pacing, Transitions, Flashes, and Frames	p. 111
When You Come to the End, Stop	p. 120
Beyond Plot	p. 144
Index	p. 164
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