Blueprints
Every book has a structure that should be understood. There is a difference between a pile of bricks and a single house. A book is like a single house. It is made up of different rooms, sizes, shapes, outlooks, uses. Each major part has an amount of independence.
A good book, like a good house, have a great structure.
- Say what the whole book is about as briefly as possible.
- Then, set forth the major parts of the book, show how they are organised into a whole.
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