Frames. What are they and why/when should you use them?

Frames are a storytelling device that allows you to tell a story within a story.

Image by Werner Weisser from Pixabay

Today I’m going to talk about storytelling frames in a useful way. I’m not going to go into the technique as a reference for postmodern or metafiction, but for its use in commercial genre fiction. So if you’re here to hear about Nabokov or Kaufman or Brontë you might be disappointed. Sorry, not sorry.

So, what do I mea…