A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

We might imagine structure as a form of call-and-response. A question arises organically from the story and then the story, very considerately, answers it. If we want to make good structure, we just have to be aware of what question we are causing the reader to ask, then answer that question.

(See? Structure’s easy. Ha, ha, ha.)

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders