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Re: Higer-order plot abstractions
- To: <idrama@flutterby.com>
- Subject: Re: Higer-order plot abstractions
- From: Chris Crawford <chriscrawford@wave.net>
- Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 21:18:51 -0800
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> "A" and "B" are more interesting because there is no lit terminology I'm
> aware of for the type of concepts they stand for, which are specific classes
> of actions. Courtesy of the ancient Greeks we have terms for various types of
> character, milestones of a story arc, and certain types of event, but .
I think we should acknowledge the Greek contribution by referring to these
as "zeta" and "omicron". ;-)
Chris