20 Master Plots and How to Build Them

Successful, best-selling fiction has one thing in common: plot structures that are both universal and timeless. Good plotting is essential to believable, readable fiction. Twenty plots recur through all fiction and this book shows writers how to adapt them and elaborate upon them to create their own unique novel.

Identifies and analyzes twenty common plots, including revenge, rivalry, adventure, maturation, and love, discusses physical and character plots, and offers advice for developing a story