{"id":2140,"date":"2017-04-15T07:52:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-15T14:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2017-04-15T07:54:20","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T14:54:20","slug":"structure-hobbles-the-muse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/structure-hobbles-the-muse\/","title":{"rendered":"Structure Hobbles the Muse"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Melanie Anne Phillips<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Muse explodes outward into a world of passion and possibilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a teacher of creative writing for twenty-five years, my experiences with many types of writers tell me that one should never consider structure at all until a first draft is completely written.<\/span><\/p>\n

Structure gets in the way, it hobbles the muse. \u00a0We all think in narrative anyway, so whatever we create already has a fuzzy structure in it. \u00a0The Muse is okay with this. \u00a0So let her be; let her range free and roam wild. \u00a0<\/span>And when she is done, spent, and filled with satisfaction, then you bring in structure as a framework upon which to hang what she has created so that it is displayed in the best light.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now is the time to break free of bonds. \u00a0Structure will follow in its own moment in time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact me<\/a> about narrative analysis\u00a0for fiction and the real world<\/p>\n

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~OR~<\/p>\n

Try my StoryWeaver Software<\/a> for Step By Step Story Development<\/p>\n

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