The Architecture of the Plot. How to Create a Memorable Story

The modern American writer Katie Marie (K.M.) Weiland, a recipient of prestigious literary awards, is equally popular as an author of textbooks on screenwriting and storytelling. She dedicated the book "The Architecture of the Plot" to the structure of narrative... — a central concept of the literary process. After all, a skillfully constructed framework does not stifle creative searches, but, on the contrary, facilitates the writer's work and allows for the creation of convincing plots and substantial characters. Like an architect designing a building, the author of a large literary form moves from the general idea to the details. Similarly, in a work of art, there is a macro level consisting of ten steps, which Weiland describes. Next, the author sequentially focuses on the structure of scenes and sentences. The book is aimed at authors of both literary prose and scripts for film and television, but it will undoubtedly benefit all readers involved in working on various texts.