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John McPhee

Structure

Structure

An essay on the craft of writing and narrative structure by John McPhee, published in The New Yorker

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    “"Developing a structure is seldom that simple. Almost always there is considerable tension between chronology and theme, and chronology traditionally wins. The narrative wants to move from point to point through time, while topics that have arisen now and again across someone’s life cry out to be collected."”

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