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Plot Quotes by E. M. Forster
- This element of surprise or mystery - the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called - is of great importance in a plot.…
- Our easiest approach to a definition of any aspect of fiction is always by considering the sort of demand it makes on the reader. Curiosity…
- This element of surprise or mystery the detective element as it is sometimes rather emptily called is of great importance in a plot.
- As for 'story' I never yet did enjoy a novel or play in which someone didn't tell me afterward that there was something wrong with…
- The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
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