Aug 8, 2022 • 21M

Bonus BP6: TOCs, Chapter Headings, POV---It's all Structure.

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Entertaining, actionable advice on craft, productivity and creativity for writers and journalists in all genres, with hosts Jessica Lahey, KJ Dell'Antonia and Sarina Bowen.

Structure, people. It’s everything. Or it’s a very simple thing. Like I said in the shownotes, for fiction, chronological 3rd or 1st person, present or past tense, following the protagonist through the story is the white-button-down and jeans of structure. Always appropriate, almost invisible.

For non-fiction, it’s harder—there is no fall-back basic, bu…

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