{"id":2562,"date":"2017-08-07T08:55:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T15:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/?p=2562"},"modified":"2017-08-07T08:55:59","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T15:55:59","slug":"story-structure-precise-or-contextual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/story-structure-precise-or-contextual\/","title":{"rendered":"Story Structure: Precise or Contextual?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Story structure should be viewed as guidelines, not rules. \u00a0it is a logical framework to hold our passion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If ever there is a conflict between high-passion and structure, go with the passion. \u00a0If ever there is an opportunity to apply structure in a more contextual and less direct way (without being unclear), take it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Structure does not have to be seen in total clarity as the story unfolds, but only by the time the story had concluded. \u00a0Along the way, storytelling technique should layer ever-increasing understanding on the subject of the fiction until the precise nature of the structural component become clear by the the end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/intro\">Melanie Anne Phillips<\/a><br \/>\nCo-creator Dramatica<\/p>\n<p id=\"obi_random_banners_posts\" class=\"obi_random_banners_posts\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Man-Made-First-Hour-Event-ebook\/dp\/B09WYXMFBV\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-27-3.58.58-PM.png\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story structure should be viewed as guidelines, not rules. \u00a0it is a logical framework to hold our passion. If ever there is a conflict between high-passion and structure, go with the passion. \u00a0If ever there is an opportunity to apply structure in a more contextual and less direct way (without being unclear), take it. Structure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-story-structure"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p36xpN-Fk","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2563,"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2562\/revisions\/2563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}