The outcome is most important; the characters actions come first and their characterization should support that. Aristotle goes on to judge many works of poets of his time by saying that the tragedies of the most recent poets are "lacking in characterization."" Plot and the structure of events are much more successful than stringing together stylized and thoughtful speeches.
Thought should follow, which Aristotle calls "the capacity to produce pertinent and appropriate arguments, which is the task in prose speeches of the arts of politics and rhetoric."" He recommends speeches which the character chooses or avoids nothing at all in conveying character. Verbal expression achieved through the choice of words, or style is also important later. .
The form in which the structure of events should take "is one with a beginning, middle, and end. "Beginning- means nothing more than an event that gives rise to some further occurrence. The "ending,"" in contrast, does not need to be followed, but simply must occur after a preceding event. The middles does nothing more than connects the beginning and the end. Following these principles, according to Aristotle will prevent a writer from beginning or finishing at random places. He goes on to compare plot and structure to a beautiful object, saying that it must have "an ordered arrangement but also an appropriate size."" As beauty must have some appropriate sizing so that it can be perceived altogether, so must plot and structures "they should be of a length that is easily held in memory.
Centering on one individual prevents a plot from having unity, as Aristotle comments on. He goes on to say that, "a particular character may perform many actions which do not yield a single action."" The key to success lies with combining only those actions which are pertinent to explaining how one action developed. And removing any one action should not disturb the unity of the rest of the actions that lead to the main point.