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Old 04-23-2015, 12:50 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by crich70 View Post
But seeing disconstructed stories may help in constructing future ones. Doctors disect corpses to learn how to properly operate on the living after all.
A good thought if you want to write horror.

I tend to think that what you learn from the many theories of story construction is best applied to reviewing your work, than to trying to construct a new story. Write it first, don't get distracted on the technical detail (much easier said than done). Then, when you have your story, come back and look at it again with an appraiser's eye - does it have the shape it needs to work? If not, start prodding it into shape.
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