Vertical and Horizontal “story integration”

The writing concept I’m working on for this new novel (working title: “Traveler”) is called “Vertical and Horizontal integration”. “Vertical” integration is the thematic core as expressed in human behavior: what am I saying about human beings? One way or another, every action has to reinforce or challenge this notion. “Horizontal” integration is the recapitulation of structure from one sequence to another. “Structure” is an expression of the writer’s view of reality itself, the “ethical struc...