Originally set down by writer Nigel Watts in his book,Writing A Novel and Getting Published, the 8-point arc has similarities to Gustav Freytag’s system while expanding on several plot points. It’s composed of eight steps that take the plot of a story from the opening lines to the resol...
the spectators always allow the play tomanipulatethe imagination. It is sufficient for the witches inMacbethto remark their “heath” with its “fog and filthy air” for their location to be accepted on a stage without scenery; and whenLady Macbethlater is seen alone reading a letter, she is...