What happens is fact, not truth. Truth is what we think about what happens. Consider
Literary and story talent are not only distinctively different but are unrelated, for stories do not need to be written to be told.
The material of literary talent is words; the material of story talent is life itself.
Story talent is primary,literary talent secondary but essential.
What the writer seeks are events , for an event contains all the above and more. STRUCTURE is a selection of events from the characters’ life stories that is composed into a strategic sequence to arouse specific emotions and to express a specific view of life.
Make your beats build scenes, scenes build sequences, sequences build acts, acts build story to its climax.