Master Plot Formula – Plot Theory

Have you ever heard of the Master Plot Formula? Lester Dent was born in the early part of the 1900s and wrote 159 Doc Savage novels using this formula he created to do so.

Meant for 6000 word stories divided into four equal parts, Dents formula can also be expanded to use in full novels.

Divide the total word count goal for your novel into four parts. Lets use 60000 words as our target. Each part, then, is 15000 Words.

FIRST PART (0-15000 WORDS)

First line, or as near thereto as possible,...