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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Schmidt, Victoria
    The story structure architect : a writer's guide to building dramatic
situations and compelling characters / by Victoria Lynn Schmidt.-- 1st ed.
        p. cm.
    Includes bibliographical references.
    ISBN 1-58297-325-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Fiction--Technique. 2. Plots (Drama, novel, etc.) 3. Characters and
characteristics in literature. I. Title.

eISBN: 978-1-58297-699-0

PN3378.S36 2005                                                                                2005000590

    808.3--dc22

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