Status Updates From Story Trumps Structure: How...

I’ve been reading this for the past week or so and I’m more invested in this guide book than the novel I’m reading. It’s really really helpful so far and makes a lot of sense. I think it’ll help improve my writing

Tone is the attitude of the story.
Mood is the atmosphere.

I meant to only read the forward and maybe a couple pages of this, but it’s actually really informative so far! This really resonates with me in that James views stories in a way similar to how I do in that they’re organic things that don’t need to be bound to acts or structure. Literally, story trumps structure