Methodical Organization Methodical organization is evident in structure based on categories, lists, formats, and preannounced patterns of development. May not adequately express meaning Relative safety Lesser opportunities for great successes Predictability Limits creativity and surprise Fits expectations and conventions Loses readers' attention Makes complexity manageable Distorts inherent complexity Dramatic Organization Dramatic organization is more concerned with creating an effect or cumulative result than with outlining and transmitting data. If it is handled well, dramatic form should not seem incoherent though it may purposely meander or be intentionally disconnected when the occasion warrants it. A methodical style seems conservative and centripetal. It supports and extends the status quo, working within the proposed idea or theory.
Organic form is more speculative and centrifugal.
It is important to avoid certain natural but inaccurate inferences about the attractiveness of method and dramatic form. There is a tendency to conclude that all methodical structure must be uncreative or plain and that all dramatic arrangement must be clever and imaginative. This is far from true. It may combine method and dramatic effect. There may be cleverness in the way it uses the traditional form.