E154. Does Structure Constrain or Free Us?

E154. Does Structure Constrain or Free Us?

Update: 2024-10-04
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I am using my current project, novel #2, to master plot, my weakest area as a writer. In the past, I've been ambivalent and even felt antipathy toward applying commercial and Western-style plot structures to my novels, because I felt they constrained my art. So what's changed? In this episode I discuss my evolving views on structure in life and art, and why I'm now leaning into the concept that structure can free us...if we do it right.

For some background on my thoughts on plot, and particularly on Western vs. Eastern styles, see this episode on the Kishotenketsu narrative structure. 

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E154. Does Structure Constrain or Free Us?

E154. Does Structure Constrain or Free Us?

Kendra Patterson