Chapter 2

1Heath, Malcolm. “Epic.” In Poetics. London: Penguin Books, 1996.

2Freytag, Gustav, and Elias J. MacEwan. “The Dramatic Action.” In Freytag’s Technique of the Drama, An Exposition of Dramatic Composition and Art, 6th ed. London: Forgotten Books, 2012.

3 Egri, Lajos. “Premise.” In The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives / by Lajos Egri, 8. [Newly Rev.] ed. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960.

Chapter 3

1Johnston, Bret Anthony. “Don’t Write What You Know.” The Atlantic Magazine. July 11, 2011. Accessed September 7, 2014. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/08/dont-write-what-you-know/308576/.

2Merriam-Webster Dictionary. “Gestalt.” Accessed March 10, 2015. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gestalt ...

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