The “e” story structure starts in the present, loops up and back through a point in history (or widens for context), before looping back to the present to develop to the end.

The e” is what the Village Voice reporter drew for Bradley many years ago. The beginning of the line is the present or somewhere near the present. (Frankly, you can start wherever you want in terms of time, but the present or recent past is fairly common.) And, typically, there’s a character doing something — a sequence of events.Then, at the point where the e loops up, the story leaves the present and, perhaps, goes back in time for history and or it widens for context. When the loop comes back around, you pick up the narrative where you left off and develop the story further to the end. Somewhere in that second straight line the story may reach it’s climax then the denoument or resolution of the story. (View Highlight)