The Table of Contents

1. Commencement of the Great American Novel
2. Novel Begins to Fall Out of Sorts
3. Novel Makes a Will for Itself
4. Novel Dies
5. Requiem for the Dead Novel
6. Post-Requiem
7. Counter-Requiem
8. Authoress of Dead Novel Fires Over-the-Top-and-Full-of-it Composer
9. Composer Plans to Get Revenge on Authoress
10. There is a Great Federal Dispute
11. That Had Nothing to Do with Composers and Authoresses
12. The Composer Says He was Going to Resign Anyways
13. The Authoress says “Yeah, right!”
14. The Composer Takes His Piano and Promptly Walks Out With His Nose in the Air
15. The Authoress Doesn’t Know What to Do Now
16. The Composer Becomes Really Famous
17. The Authoress Regrets Hastiness
18. The Authoress Contacts the Composer and Repents
19. The Composer, Sensing the Authoress Really Means it and is not Saying Sorry Just Because The Composer Made it Big Without the Assistance of the Authoress, Says “Let’s Meet at the Park to Talk.”
20. They Meet in the Park
21. The Composer Asks the Authoress to Marry Him

Epilogue:

The Composer and the Authoress live happily ever after with many songwriter children running about their humble abode.