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[feuervogel]

I read a lot of writers' blogs. Or LJs, whatever. And I've started to feel like I'm inadequate and inept as a writer, because I wasn't an English major. I'm not Trained in things like Narrative Technique, Structure, and Symbolism, and I'm not well-read enough in classics, folklore, or myths to make use of Allusions.

I'm an impostor.

All I've got is some characters, a story idea, and 20-odd years of reading spec fic (and some Real Books™). No technique, no ideas for creative symbolism or structure or literary allusions.

I'm never gonna sell anything.

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[feuervogel]

I don't even know what structure *means* in this context. Like, I learned the 5-part plot thing in, uh, middle school? (opening, action, climax, denouement; I'm clearly missing something there, since I have 4 words written down), but aside from that, what's structure in a narrative?

It's like, I don't know all these things I feel like I should know, or that would enable me to be more critical or proactive or something when I'm writing, rather than just putting words on paper in order (then going back and filling in where more words need to be.)