Note: Italicized page numbers indicate a figure on the corresponding page.
Absalom, Absalom (Faulkner) 80
active protagonist loop 65, 66, 66–8, 67, 67
adventure: beginning of 22; in dénouement 44–5, 56, 114; examples of 46, 58, 177–8; as genre 73; initiation of 41, 44; invisible structure component 20, 24, 28, 39, 75; as opposition clause 113; plot and momentum 33–4; in story middle 43; in story premise 17, 30, 123
Alien (Hill) 102
Aliens (film) 128
All Is Lost (film) 74
Amadeus (film) 63
antagonist: as a complication character 131; examples of 113, 114; impact on protagonist 35; multiple antagonists 43; opposition from 32–3, 43–4; in Visible Structure 137
archetype, defined 19
Aristotle 15
The Art of Dramatic Writing (Egri) 16
Benchley, ...
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