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Index
Title page
Introduction
PART ONE: Story Structure
1. The Master List
2. What’s Your Premise?
3. First, You Need An Idea
4. What KIND of Story is It?
5. The Three-Act, Eight-Sequence Structure
6. The Index Card Method
7. Story Elements Checklist
8. Elements of Act One
9. Plan, Central Question, Central Story Action
10. What’s The Plan?
12. Hero and Heroine, Lover and Loved One
13. What Makes A Great Villain?
14. Elements of Act Two, Part 1
16. Elements of Act Three
17. Top Ten Endings
18. What Makes a Great Climax?
19. Act Climaxes Overview and Examples
20. Expanding On The Key Story Elements
21. Expanded Story Elements Checklist
22. Love Story Elements
23. Fairy Tale Structure
24. Meta Structure
25. What is “High Concept”?
26. The Rule of Three
27. Voice
28. First Chapters
29. Thematic Image Systems
30. Visual Storytelling
31. Creating Suspense
32. Plants and Payoffs
33. Character Introductions
34. Using Character Clusters
35. Your First Draft Is Always Going to Suck
36. Top Ten Things I Know About Editing
37. A Process For Writing
PART TWO: Story Breakdowns
38. The Breakdowns
39. Leap Year
40. While You Were Sleeping
41. Notting Hill
42. Four Weddings and a Funeral
43. The Proposal
44. New in Town
45. Groundhog Day
46. Sense and Sensibility
47. Romancing the Stone
48. Sea of Love
PART THREE: The Business
49. Life is a Pitch Meeting
50. How Do I Get a Literary Agent? Or Do I?
51. Internet Resources for Writers
52. So You Want to Know About Screenwriting
53. Recommended Reading
Books By Alexandra Sokoloff
About the author:
Acknowledgments:
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