Wise Women Discuss—Plot!

The 36 Tragic Situations

Though women have been starved of creative opportunities over the centuries of patriarchal bullying, they have proved in one important field that they are not creatively inferior to men—in writing. Adelphiasophists are keen that all people should be creative and that their efforts should be appreciated. If you have been intending to start that novel or screenplay but felt short of ideas, here is the Wise Women's synopsis of plot to give you a few ideas. May the Goddess inspire you. Saviour Shirlie.


2. Deliverance

In some ways the converse of Supplication. An unexpected protector comes of his own accord to rescue the distressed and despairing. The basis of chivalry and the Christian religion, yet little used.

Elements
  1. An unfortunate
  2. A threatener
  3. A rescuer
Themes
  1. Appearance of a rescuer to the condemned Don Quixote, Cervantes (a parody of the case)
  2. A parent replaced on a throne by his children
  3. Rescue by friends, or by strangers grateful for benefits or hospitality