New this month from the University of Nebraska Press is, Coincidence and Counterfactuality: Plotting time and space in narrative fiction by Hilary P. Dannenberg. This groundbreaking analysis of plot answers the pivotal question of how do we tell good stories?  By charting the development of fiction over history, from the renaissance to today, Dannenberg explores how the novel has changed over time and authors develop complex strategies for piercing the cognitive stricture of the reader with real life experiences. This week Linking in Lincoln will take a look at both coincidence and counterfactuality (as in defining it) and see what these mysterious subjects have in common both in and out of the novel!

What is plot? Well I’m sure we could all give the fifth grade version (which you could check out here) but what doe the experts have to say? For answers to all your questions on plot, and more, please take a look at Sff plot here.

Interested in Narrative? Well then check out Narrative Magazine: The Future of Reading at Narrativemagazine.com

What is counterfactuality? As always dictionary.com has all the answers.

Plot, narrative, coincidence  these are all the makings of a great work of fiction.  To find out what the other parts are check out wikihow for How to write a short story.

Maybe it’s just me, but I always want to know the plot of a movie before I see it. If you find that you’re the same way then the Internet Movie Database, or IMDb, is the best place to go. 

Coincidences happen all the time, truly amazing ones are pretty rare though. For the top 20 most amazing coincidences (and rest assured they are amazing) please go to Oddee.com.

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