CONTENTS

Chapter 1   THE STRUCTURE OF MODERN FICTION

Chapter 2   STRATEGY: HOW TO START YOUR STORY AND HOW TO END IT

Chapter 3   STRUCTURE IN MICROCOSM: CAUSE AND EFFECT

Chapter 4   STRUCTURE IN LARGER ELEMENTS: THE SCENE

Chapter 5   STRUCTURE IN MACROCOSM: SCENES WITH RESULTS

Chapter 6   PLANNING AND REVISING SCENES FOR MAXIMUM EFFECT

Chapter 7   LINKING YOUR SCENES: THE STRUCTURE OF SEQUEL

Chapter 8   SCENE-SEQUEL TRICKS TO CONTROL PACE

Chapter 9   VARIATIONS IN THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF SCENE AND SEQUEL

Chapter 10   COMMON ERRORS IN SCENES AND HOW TO FIX THEM

Chapter 11   PLOTTING WITH SCENE AND SEQUEL

Chapter 12   SPECIALIZED SCENE TECHNIQUES

Chapter 13   THE STRUCTURE OF CHAPTERS

Chapter 14   THE SCENIC MASTER PLOT AND HOW TO WRITE ONE

                       APPENDICES