20 Master Plots Quotes

“Plot is a chain of cause-and-effect relationships that constantly create a pattern of unified action and behavior. Plot involves the reader in the game of “Why?”
― Ronald B Tobias, 20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them

“Hemingway said write first and then take out all the good stuff and what’s left is story. (By “good stuff” Hemingway meant all the material that the author has fallen in love with—not everything that was proper for the story.)”
― Ronald B Tobias, 20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them

“This shared common experience is the basis for fiction. The plot of transformation deals with the process of change in the protagonist as she journeys through one of the many stages of life. The plot isolates a portion of the protagonist’s life that represents the period of change, moving from one significant character state to another. The key word”
― Ronald Tobias, 20 Master Plots and How to Build Them