title: Novelsmithing: The Structural Foundation Of Plot, Character, And Narration
author:  David Sheppard 
description: David Sheppard is the author of the recently published non-fiction work Oedipus on a Pale Horse and The Mysteries, A Novel of Ancient Eleusis, which will appear in bookstores later in 2009. He has a bachelor's from Arizona State University, a master's from Stanford University and also studied American literature at the University of Colorado. His poetry has appeared in The Paris Review, and in The Arvon International Poetry Competition Anthology (Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney, editors). A veteran of many writing groups and conferences, he is a past member of the Rocky Mountain Writers Guild, having chaired its Literary Society and participated in its Live Poets Society and Advanced Novel Workshop. He taught astronomy, novel writing and Greek mythology at New Mexico State University - Carlsbad. He has traveled throughout Western Europe and is an amateur photographer and astronomer.
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  `Zachary K. Prescott`
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Mangled
  
  Zachary K. Prescott
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are
  the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any
  resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely
  coincidental.
  
  All Right Reserved.
  
  Copyright©2018 by Zachary K. Prescott
  
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  To Kanye for bringing so much joy and sunshine to my world you are the
  motivation behind this book and so many others to come
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  [Prologue](index_split_004.htm