Integrity:

(To survey other elements and author quotes, visit the Elements of Fiction home page)

“Integrity is the wholeness of the story. No incongruous bits sticking out. No gaps or holes. It makes the story honest.” Ulf Wolf

“If form, as Brooks and Warren point out, is ‘the total principle of organization and affects every aspect of composition,’ then integrity is the result.” Ulf Wolf

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