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Plot structure tips, as promised!

Steve Rapaport
Posted Jun 23, 2010 2:01 PM
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...Actually of a movie, but this is good for some kinds of short-story too. It's general and very practical outline for when your story needs some ideas for plot and structure.

Note that a novel starts with this structure but gets more complex. Still good to know, it's the beginning of nearly everything, I think.

David Siegel outlines the goal structure:
http://web.archive.or...

...and the plot structure:
http://web.archive.or...

...of any successful film.
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