Contents
Cover
About the Book
Title Page
Copyright Page
Exercises
Introduction
Live Wire
Magpies
Part I: Wire
Chapter 1: SHOWBIZ
Practice
Impersonals
Significance
Chapter 2: DEVICES
Psych
Ride
Process
Chapter 3: ORDER
Alignment
Parts
Control
Part II: Fire
Chapter 4: VISION
Pattern
Leaps
Possibility
Chapter 5: MOJO
Contrast
Collision
Spark
Chapter 6: MAGIC
Predicament
Problem
Want
Part III: Action
Chapter 7: VERBS
Life
Source
Force
Chapter 8: OBJECTIVE
Transitivity
MacGuffins
Achievement
Chapter 9: MOTION
Range
Chain
Links
Part IV: Tactics
Chapter 10: FLOW
Shifts
Steps
Shelves
Chapter 11: OBJECTS
Target
Nature
Challenge
Chapter 12: BEATS
Trajectory
Direction
Transformation
Finale
About the Author
Appendix: Genre Examples
Pride and Prejudice Actions
The Lord of the Rings Actions
Notes
Bibliography
Character
Genre craft
Grammar & Language
Criticism
Acting & Performance
Neurology, Psychology, and Philosophy
Acknowledgments
Index