Plotting (non-fiction)
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| Plotting: How to Have a Brain Child | |
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| Author(s) | Jack Woodford |
| Subject(s) | Plots (drama, fiction) |
| Publisher | Carlyle House |
| Publication date | 1939 |
| OCLC Number | 1488302 |
| Preceded by | Trial and Error |
Plotting is a book by Jack Woodford. Initially published as Plotting - How to Have a Brain Child in 1939, the book was re-issued with the title Plotting in 1948. A sequel of sorts to Woodford’s popular Trial and Error, Plotting details numerous methods of creating plots for short stories, novels, and other works of fiction.
[edit] From Chapter 1, Why Plot?
“There is only one reason for plotting a short story, play, novel, or radio program: Let’s face it. We plot them because the general public demands that we do so.”
