Patterns

Read Exodus 25-28

Exodus 25:9 "According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it."

We don’t want to become hacks by writing to a pattern, but both fiction and nonfiction have discernable patterns. Ignoring them will cause our writing to sound more like stream-of-consciousness. It’s interesting to write, but very confusing to a reader.

Nonfiction patterns, such as the inverted triangle, keep our articles focused. Even the paragraphs can be broken into patterns. Fiction writing has several patterns--the three act structure, the journey, etc. Each genre also has its own pattern like romance—boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy wins girl.

 

Patterned writing meets reader’s expectations and keeps their interest. It also keeps the writing from wandering.