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Genre As Structural Key
- Framing a memoir through genre logic unlocked new structural possibilities for Machado's story.
- Applying haunted-house logic let the book 'fall out' naturally once she found the right frame.
Write Fiction To Understand Truth
- Machado used fiction first to organize complex feelings before committing to nonfiction.
- She felt the material deserved nonfiction's dignity once she understood it clearly.
Horror Pacing In Memoir
- Machado intentionally borrows horror pacing to create ambient dread in the memoir.
- Small unsettling details accumulate to produce unease without explicit explanation.