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Start of eBook	1
PROLOGUE	1
INTRODUCTORY	1
THE CHOICE OF A THEME	7
DRAMATIC AND UNDRAMATIC	13
THE ROUTINE OF COMPOSITION	26
DRAMATIS PERSONAE	37
THE BEGINNING	40
THE POINT OF ATTACK: SHAKESPEARE AND IBSEN	40
EXPOSITION: ITS END AND ITS MEANS	53
THE FIRST ACT	63
FORESHADOWING, NOT FORESTALLING	85
THE MIDDLE	91
TENSION AND ITS SUSPENSION	91
PREPARATION: THE FINGER-POST	97
THE OBLIGATORY SCENE	109
THE PERIPETY	127
PROBABILITY, CHANCE, AND COINCIDENCE	133
LOGIC	144
KEEPING A SECRET	148
THE END	154
CLIMAX AND ANTICLIMAX	154
CONVERSION	159
BLIND-ALLEY THEMES—AND OTHERS	164
THE FULL CLOSE	169
EPILOGUE	178
CHARACTER AND PSYCHOLOGY	178
DIALOGUE AND DETAILS	182

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