HYPERTEXT: More on Fitting Into a Mold
There are ideas for story that fall into a category of telling best suited by a particular format, whether it be linear or varied, single or multiple pov, all encompassing of time or an action sequence of an hour. A writer has the choice of what best serves the piece–as long as 1) he recognizes what pattern is developing and 2) he knows what mediums are available and how they work.
One needs to know the size of the arena, the height of the wall, the age of the lion before one can decide strategy.
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