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PROLOGUE Foreword – “Someone needs to make the sand” ........... 7 Why I am writing these “Novel-writing guidelines” .... 10 Why You might be interested in these “Novel-Writing What this document “Is NOT” .......................... 12 Novel-writing guidelines Notes......................... 14 The Story-publishing Industry ........................ 25 Genres ............................................... 32 Novel-building principles ............................ 64 The Experience ....................................... 77 Social Agenda ........................................ 79 Happening-Motivations, Happenings, and Pivots ........ 89 Happening-motivations and Pivots – Plot .............. 90 Happening-motivations, Happenings, and Pivots – Dis- Happening-motivations, Happenings, and Pivots – Undercurrents ....................................... 159 Characters - General ................................ 161 Characters – Protagonists ........................... 176 Characters – Secondary characters ................... 197 Characters – Incidental characters .................. 204 Characters – Character Groups ....................... 205 Characters – Alien personalities .................... 209 Happening-motivations and Happenings – Relationships 228 Place – The World ................................... 243 Place – Technology (Technological and legal) ........ 249 Place – Setting (A sub-element of the world) ........ 252 Place – Industry (or vocation) ...................... 259 Place – Locations ................................... 260 Happenings and Pivots – Plot-arc .................... 267 Happening-motivations – Non-plot-arc content ........ 277 Happenings and Pivots – Character arcs .............. 279 Happenings, Happening-Motivations, and Pivots – Happenings and Pivots – Relationship-arcs (Relationship Happenings and Pivots – Character-group arcs ........ 298 Pivots – Decision-points ............................ 300 Happenings and Pivots – Plans ....................... 308 Reader-Character Relationships – Getting the Reader to Reader-author relationships – Creating a phantom reader- Reader-Character Relationships – Creating Phantom Creating Meeting Reader-Expectations ................ 339 Creating Reader-Believability ....................... 342 Creating Reader-Interest ............................ 345 Creating Reader-Entertainment ....................... 356 Creating Reader-Delight ............................. 361 Creating Reader-Feelings (and moods?) ............... 369 Creating Maintaining Reader-Investment .............. 377 Creating Reader-Thoughts ............................ 380 Creating reader-Comprehension ....................... 388 Creating Reader-“Rooting-for-a-character” ........... 389 Creating Reader-XXX: “Emotion” transition-templates . 390 Happenings – Chapters (and plot-arc) ................ 399

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