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17.12: Structuring a Story Within a Story

Writing Excuses

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The Sun, the Moon and the Stars, by Fondelie, by Stephen Bruce

The book follows a painter from beginning to end. There is no explanation for why you are getting it, until at a certain point you realize that it is a story that he is telling to his studio mates every evening. And because he doesn't tell you where it's coming from, as a reader, you try to draw parallels yourself. The sun, the moon and the stars, by stephen bruce. That has a story within a story, which is also interspersed through the novel.

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