Description:
part SECTION I A Prologue -- chapter 1 Introduction: What You Hold in Your Hand -- chapter 2 Aristotle’s Poetics : It’s All Greek to Me -- chapter 3 Motivating Factors: Why We Tell Stories -- chapter 4 Starting the Journey: Defining the Road Ahead -- part SECTION II A Beginning -- chapter 5 Story: And I’m Sticking to It -- chapter 6 Ideas: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire -- chapter 7 Conflict: People Who Write Should Throw Stones -- chapter 8 Wholeness: We Need Some Closure -- chapter 9 Magnitude: It All Boils Down to One Thing -- chapter 10 Loglines: Putting It All Together (Part 1) -- part SECTION III A Middle -- chapter 11 Plot: Let’s Stay Connected -- chapter 12 Reversals and Recognitions: Pieces of the Action -- chapter 13 Change of Fortune: Covenant of the Arc -- chapter 14 Fatal Flaw: And the Plot Thickens -- chapter 15 Structure: The Shape of Things to Come -- chapter 16 The Three Acts: Let’s Break It Down -- chapter 17 Anchor Points: A Pattern of Design -- chapter 18 Character: The Agents of the Action -- chapter 19 Defining Traits: What’s Good and Appropriate -- chapter 20 The 5 Ps: They Help Build Character -- chapter 21 Motivating Behavior: Goooooaaal!! -- chapter 22 Structure Revisited: Filling in the Gaps -- chapter 23 Set-Up: Stepping Stones of Act One -- chapter 24 Complications: Stepping Stones of Act Two -- chapter 25 Resolution: Stepping Stones of Act Three -- chapter 26 Stepping Stones: Building the Great Pyramids -- chapter 27 Beat Sheets: Putting It All Together (Part 2) -- part SECTION IV An End -- chapter 28 Scenes: The Building Blocks -- chapter 29 Description: What You See Is What You Get -- chapter 30 Dialogue: What You Say Is What You Get -- chapter 31 Dialogue Continued: Still More Left to Say -- chapter 32 Formatting: Ah, the Lovely White Space -- chapter 33 Pages: Putting It All Together (Part 3) -- chapter 34 First Draft: And You’re Finally Done -- part SECTION V A Resolution -- chapter 35 Rewriting: Ha! You Thought You Were Done -- chapter 36 Theme: What’s It All About, Ari? -- chapter 37 Conclusion: Bringing It All Back Home.