In a nifty piece of atomic surgery, Howard removed the skeleton and replaced it with a novel nontoxic structure, while retaining the two crucial good ends.

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The novel's structure, which follows the seasons over the course of a year, is not driven by a linear sense of plot.

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Outlining is the most efficient way to structure a novel to achieve the greatest emotional impact.

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Massively popular contemporary U.K. crime writers like Ian Rankin and Colin Dexter haven't replicated their huge success in the U.S. "There's a traditional structure to the English crime novel, " Mr. James says.

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"The Last Station" was adapted from the novel by Jay Parini, and its structure is fairly intricate parallel love stories (Tolstoy and Sofya, Valentin and Masha), plus interlocking triangles (Sofya and Chertkov contending for Tolstoy's soul, Sofya and Chertkov pumping Valentin for information about one another's grip on Tolstoy's property).

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Perhaps the most novel and impressive thing about the book is its structure.

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High-tech lab analyses revealed panguite's chemical composition and crystal structure, which Ma said is new, and as such, could be explored for novel engineering materials.

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