Books are best constructed as flexible collages of movable fragments.

Evidence

For myself, the only way I know how to make a book is to construct it like a collage: a bit of dialogue here, a scrap of narrative, an isolated description of a common object, an elaborate running metaphor which threads between the sequences and holds different narrative lines together. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 1077

Categorization

• XREF: XREF connects to Burroughs’ cut-up technique and collage methods in modern literature. — connects to: Books can be assembled like collages from separate fragments; Generous books overflow rigid categories and continuously exceed reader expectations — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 970; Libraries began to prize books for physical attributes over content. — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 502 (+4 more)
• SEED: SEED explores constructing a novel from movable fragments rather than chronological drafting.

Broader Connections

• Generous books overflow rigid categories and continuously exceed reader expectations #expands (0.75) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 970
• Libraries began to prize books for physical attributes over content. #complicates (0.70) — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 502
• Books carried totemic symbolic value beyond their textual content. #complicates (0.65) — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 379
• A short story can hold a novel’s content if uncluttered #exemplifies (0.60) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 503
• Writers should draw from diverse experiences when crafting books. #expands (0.55) — Tilar J Mazzeo, How to Write a Bestseller, 367