Rebecca Skloot on why she teaches structure

Anyone who studies with me or takes a fiction class with me knows I focus a lot on structure. Rebecca Skloot seems to take the same approach, even though she teaches CNF.

Rebecca Skloot on structure:

Any student who has ever studied with me would think, "Ugh. Structure, structure, structure; that's all she talked about." My philosophy is, once you understand what structure is, then you can talk about characters and narrative arcs and how to fill in the story. But for me, structure can just completely make or break something.

From:
http://www.theopennotebook.com/2011/1...