The structure of the story—how it's told—takes its form from the nature of the event. When Amtrak's Sunset Limited plunges into the waters of a remote bayou in the Mobile Delta, the story is told with a direct lead and a linear structure.
When the story is about a young man learning the ropes on the family ranch, the writer may use the storytelling or narrative structure, rambling through the day's work with the youth.
