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The properly proportioned narrative
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The properly proportioned narrative

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Let’s get the ball rolling on the elementary-school definition of Story. A story has a beginning, middle, and ending.

This “definition” is very much a fake detail because we don’t know…

  1. How long each part is.

  2. What defines each part.

  3. What separates each part from the others.

As with all fake details it allows the reader/consumer t…

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