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18.27: Framing Stories

Writing Excuses

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How to Pull Off a Frame Story

A frame story has to be good in and of itself. It's your first interaction with this role, first interaction with the story. There is a danger though that you can feel like, oh, I'm going to add this frame story and it can constrain you or it's just completely unnecessary. One of my favorite frames, and it's a half frame, is in Larry Nivens' "The Protector"

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