1. "Reading as a Writer” v “Reading as a Critic”
2. “Not Naming the Emotion”
3. “WTF Moment”
4. Abstract Language
5. Antagonist as Other Person
6. Antagonist as Nature or God
7. Antagonist as Self
8. Common Ground / Familiar
9. Complication
10. Conflict
11. Character as Image
12. Character as Action
13. Character as Voice
14. Character as Thought
15. Character as Desire
16. Character as Conflict
17. Dramatic Arc
18. Dramatic Situation
19. Dramatic Tension
20. Emotional Logic
21. Expectation & Disruption
22. First Person-Central
23. First Person-Peripheral
24. Image
25. In Media Res
26. Initial Audience / “To whom?”
27. Literal Language
28. Metaphor
29. “Metaphor reveals the mind of the metaphor-maker”
30. Objective Detail
31. “Only Trouble is Interesting”
32. Persona
33. Point of View / Vantage Point
34. Prior Problem
35. Protagonist
36. Second Person
37. Setting
38. Situation
39. Speaker / “Who speaks?”
40. Story as Journey
41. Story as Power Struggle
42. Story as Connection/Disconnection
43. Subjective Language
44. Tenor
45. Third Person-Limited
46. Third Person-Objective
47. Third Person-Omniscient
48. Vantage Point / “At What Distance?”
49. Vehicle
50. Voice