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This is a formula, a master plot, for any 6000 word pulp story.

posted by Zed on March 31 2008 23:19

How was Lester Dent, the creator of Doc Savage, so prolific? He had a formula.

The business of building stories seems not much different from the business of building anything else.

Here’s how it starts:

1. A DIFFERENT MURDER METHOD FOR VILLAIN TO USE
2. A DIFFERENT THING FOR VILLAIN TO BE SEEKING
3. A DIFFERENT LOCALE
4. A MENACE WHICH IS TO HANG LIKE A CLOUD OVER HERO

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