(I get the impression from search terms that people are looking for examples of pulp fiction. This is a longer work, so it doesn’t strictly adhere to Lester Dent’s formula; on the other hand, you can see how the author does things like switching viewpoint, and so on.)
BEQUEST OF EVIL
A Doc Savage Adventure by Kenneth Robeson
Chapter One: The Kidnappers
THE car was long, low and built for speed. Its driver was not.
He was about as wide as he was tall—if he had been standing up—and he took up most of the front seat. The dapper, well-dressed man seated beside him was practically jammed against the right-hand door.
The car came out of a side street, swung left into Fifth Avenue, and almost took the fenders off a car parked near the corner.
Then a broad grin hit the face of the homely-looking driver. He was squinting ahead, down the wide avenue.
“Wow!” he said. “Fifth Avenue deserted. Watch this!” (more…)
This is a formula, a master plot, for any 6000 word pulp story. It has worked on adventure, detective, western and war-air. It tells exactly where to put everything. It shows definitely just what must happen in each successive thousand words.
