2. Every event must grow out of a preceding one.

3. When possible, the whole narration should centre in one principal

event.

4. When there is more than one important event, one is brought up to a

certain point, then dropped until the others reach this particular place

in the narrative.

5. The scene and the actors should seldom change, and never without

intimation.

6. Only the prominent points are related, the reader will infer the

rest.

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