# Nathan Baugh - 4 Tenets of Story Structure (Highlights)  ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/56256251) **Source**:: #from/readwise #from/reader **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Nathan Baugh]] **Full Title**:: 4 Tenets of Story Structure **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **Highlighted**:: [[2025-11-15]] **Created**:: [[2025-11-15]] ## Highlights - The storyteller is both an Artist and Engineer. An Engineer to construct worlds, plots, and characters. An artist to breathe life into them. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ka2jykxv2x5mdjx961m5wfsn)) ^957519831 - Conflict is the engine of your story. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ka2k0w8wm2zxe2m7spqn7jy7)) ^957519939 - You need linkage between those events – Causation. Each event in a story flows naturally from what came before, like a line of dominos falling one after the other. If one is misplaced, the entire chain breaks. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ka2k0nkjynxma8aykmcb1yzm)) ^957519938 - You want to create a visual in the mind of your reader to show progression. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ka2k2gppthw7k6a5rq619raw)) ^957519940 - I like to use mirror scenes - one early in the story and one later - that show my Reader the transformation in action. Think of them as Point A and Point B, with your story connecting them. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ka2k450fynbjh2zh245k20n8)) ^957519947