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| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Preface to the Third Edition | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. xvii |
| Gathering Ideas | p. 1 |
| The Three-Act Structure: Why You Need It and What to Do with It | p. 19 |
| What Do Subplots Do? | p. 50 |
| Act Two-How to Keep It Moving | p. 65 |
| Establishing a Point of View | p. 86 |
| Creating the Scene | p. 108 |
| Creating a Cohe... MORE | p. 127 |
| Making It Commercial | p. 137 |
| Balancing Images and Dialogue | p. 158 |
| From Motivation to Goal: Finding Your Character's Spine | p. 177 |
| Finding the Conflict | p. 186 |
| Creating Multidimensional and Transformational Characters | p. 197 |
| Character Functions | p. 212 |
| A Case Study: Writer Paul Haggis in His Own Words | p. 229 |
| Index | p. 239 |
| About the Author | p. 252 |
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