It’s hard not to see that Western story structure follows the pattern of the male orgasm. A progressive escalation of stakes and tension until a single climactic moment. This is particularly true in America, where “fiction is inseparable from the project of the individual (Matthew Salesses,
Edging, withdrawal, and the narrative climax
Edging, withdrawal, and the narrative climax
Edging, withdrawal, and the narrative climax
It’s hard not to see that Western story structure follows the pattern of the male orgasm. A progressive escalation of stakes and tension until a single climactic moment. This is particularly true in America, where “fiction is inseparable from the project of the individual (Matthew Salesses,