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So I finally got my proof of writing your story's theme this week, which means I can start in on the final proofread.

As I talked about a few weeks ago, I proofread the paperback proof by listening to my computer

read from the PDF while I read along on the hard copy to check for both typos and

formatting errors. This is the last major step in the publication

process which means this book is so close to release. Meantime I hope you

enjoyed this week's episode, The Link Between Your Story's Hook and Resolution.

On a theoretical level, art often comes down to patterns.

As readers and even writers, we are now often comes down to patterns.

As readers and even writers, we are not always conscious

of these patterns, but whenever we are able

to recognize that a story works or does not work, usually what we are responding to is the

comparative effectiveness of certain underlying patterns and this is

perhaps nowhere more obvious than in story structure.

A few weeks ago, in response to a query from a reader, I posted about the crucial link between

your story's inciting event and climactic moment,

in which I talked about how story structure can be viewed

not just as an arc, but in fact as a full circle.

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