It’s said that it’s best to leave a part of every story untold.
~ In “Seaweed,” The Shores of Connemara.
It’s said that it’s best to leave a part of every story untold.
~ In “Seaweed,” The Shores of Connemara.
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More Irish wildlife:
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Sterry, P. (2004). Collins complete guide to Irish wildlife. London: harper Collins Publishers Ltd.
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As the author of the book maintains, it’s not necessary for every story to take the simple, caret-shaped, Aristotelian dramatic pattern (which Aristotle used to describe stage plays, anyway). It’s probably okay for short fiction, but it may be a bad idea for novelists to attempt to force their stories into the classic arc shape – especially if they’re organic writers. In fact, if they write Literary Fiction (especially the kind with a cast of thousands), they would probably end up with this kind of pattern, which was an astronomical map based on how the night sky seems to behave, to the naked eye:
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The patterns of nature are what inspired Meander, Spiral, Explode. You can learn about natural patterns in this video, which is my absolute favorite science documentary:
I’m an organic writer (also known as a pantser), and
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It also takes the shape of a heartbeat wave-form, which seems particularly apt, since it’s a love story.
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