Short Fiction · Character

Mr. Booth

Character in stories, often a manager or employer.

minor

Also known as Booth

First appearance: my roomy

Mr. Booth shows up with force in Dinner. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The other bachelor at the dinner party, seated on Miss Coakley's left.

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In Dinner: The other bachelor at the dinner party, seated on Miss Coakley's left. He engages in brief, sarcastic remarks with Harry about the other guests. Later, in Second-Act Curtain: A playwright struggling to write…

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Character Web

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Relationship types

Other

Character groups

Diverse Social Network
Baseball and Social Circles
Boxing and Ambition

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Dinner
The other bachelor at the dinner party, seated on Miss Coakley's left. He engages in brief, sarcastic remarks with Harry about the other guests.
Second-Act Curtain
A playwright struggling to write a second-act curtain; he retreats to his hotel room to think.
Enter the Heroine
Struggles with a broken typewriter key and engages in witty banter with the chambermaid.
Inspiration from the Muse
Struggles to find inspiration, reads poetry, and considers visiting Chambers before deciding to call him.
It's Got to Be Funny
Struggles to write a comedic song, feeling the pressure of the entertainment industry.
Wasted Sympathy
The protagonist, a songwriter struggling to create a second-act curtain, feeling resentful and wasting sympathy on a woman he observes.
Detected!
Wakes to find his bottle emptied and a telephone cord around his neck; reports the incident to the house detective.

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