![]() ![]() ![]() There are, of course, many other books for sale about the art and craft of story-building. They are all not only recognized masterpieces of their very different genres but have also won the glittering prizes - fame, fortune, movie deals - for which many a haggard writer would sell his or her soul to the Devil. No, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust - have all achieved astonishing success. The three novels under consideration - Ian Fleming's Dr. The reason for proposing this as a way of learning plot-making is my own experience as a writer - that the most accomplished novelists are the greatest teachers and that their lessons may be drawn from a close study of their work. Plot Fiction Like the Masters is an exercise in listening like a writer - listening with the purpose of figuring out how the plots of a few recognized masterpieces succeed in making one continue. ![]()
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