Life Aboard the Tangled Axon
Bits and baubles written or collected by fiction writer and chainmailler Jacqueline Koyanagi, author of the forthcoming science fiction book, Ascension: A Tangled Axon Novel, which features a queer polyamorous woman of color.
Jacqueline is: 30-something, queer, geek, non-monogamous, biracial, and diagnosed with fibromyalgia, PTSD, and autism spectrum disorder. Living in Colorado.
Whether you put it there or not, no story goes from start to finish without structure. Structure is either something you design as a storyteller or something that just happens. Sometimes the structure is the right one. Sometimes it’s the wrong one. (You’ll know it’s wrong because the story will suddenly feel like it’s got a dick growing out of its forehead. “Something’s off,” you’ll say. And the story will respond, “Maybe it’s the swinging forehead dick?”) If you have a good gut for a story, then you will intuit a strong structure as you go. If your instincts aren’t that sharp, it helps to design the story’s structure before moving forward.
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