# What does Phillips (1914, Part II Ch. V) require for a climax and ending to be complete, which failures does he name, and what check could an agent run to see whether every scene in an outline contributes to the climax?

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1914 practice (Phillips), Part II Ch. V with the last line of Ch. IV. A plot is complete when its early premise is conclusively proved in the Climax, the obstacles raised during development are removed there (unless the play is a tragedy), hopes raised early are not gratified before it, the result is logical though usually unexpected, and the play stops almost at once after the decisive blow. The Climax settles the outcome in one scene (cited), the Conclusion is brief and most effective when one with the Climax, and marriage and life afterwards are a separate plot. Named failure modes are few: a drawn-out Conclusion, premature gratification, unproved premise, sequel material; the sub-heading phrases 'complete solution', 'sustained climax' and 'all expectations fulfilled' have no body sentence of their own. Phillips's own Example 64 spreads a climax over scenes 39-41 and adds a Conclusion scene 'some time later'. A proposed, untested agent audit of contribution to the climax closes t...

1914 practice (Phillips), Part II Ch. V with the last line of Ch. IV. A plot is complete when its early premise is conclusively proved in the Climax, the obstacles raised during development are removed there (unless the play is a tragedy), hopes raised early are not gratified before it, the result is logical though usually unexpected, and the play stops almost at once after the decisive blow. The Climax settles the outcome in one scene (cited), the Conclusion is brief and most effective when one with the Climax, and marriage and life afterwards are a separate plot. Named failure modes are few: a drawn-out Conclusion, premature gratification, unproved premise, sequel material; the sub-heading phrases 'complete solution', 'sustained climax' and 'all expectations fulfilled' have no body sentence of their own. Phillips's own Example 64 spreads a climax over scenes 39-41 and adds a Conclusion scene 'some time later'. A proposed, untested agent audit of contribution to the climax closes the candidate.

Curator qualifications: Climax and completed plot; audit is a PROPOSAL. Wording: 'sequel is a new plot' paraphrases E16 ('separate outgrowths of our present play'). The word 'sequel' does not occur anywhere in the pinned book, so do not quote Phillips as saying it.

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- [proposal] 1914 practice (Phillips), Part II Ch. V with the last line of Ch. IV. A plot is complete when its early premise is conclusively proved in the Climax, the obstacles raised during development are removed there (unless the play is a tragedy), hopes raised early are not gratified before it, the result is logical though usually unexpected, and the play stops almost at once after the decisive blow. The Climax settles the outcome in one scene (cited), the Conclusion is brief and most effective when one with the Climax, and marriage and life afterwards are a separate plot. Named failure modes are few: a drawn-out Conclusion, premature gratification, unproved premise, sequel material; the sub-heading phrases 'complete solution', 'sustained climax' and 'all expectations fulfilled' have no body sentence of their own. Phillips's own Example 64 spreads a climax over scenes 39-41 and adds a Conclusion scene 'some time later'. A proposed, untested agent audit of contribution to the climax closes the candidate. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts · source: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70937/pg70937.txt

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