taibreakfast 's review for:

Meander, Spiral, Explode: Design and Pattern in Narrative by Jane Alison

3.75

informative slow-paced

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The beginning is slow and pedantic lol. Skip it if you are already familiar with Freytag's triangle / the traditional arc shape of plot. Once the book gets into close reads and structural analysis, it gets really interesting and useful! This has definitely expanded the way I think about narrative structure.