Wired for story : the writer's guide to using brain science to hook readers from the very first sentence /
Cron, Lisa.
Wired for story : the writer's guide to using brain science to hook readers from the very first sentence / Lisa Cron. - 1st ed. - New York : Ten Speed Press, c2012. - 262 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-250) and index.
How to hook the reader -- How to zero in on your point -- I'll feel what he's feeling -- What does your protagonist really want? -- Digging up your protagonist's inner issue -- The story is in the specifics -- Courting conflict, the agent of change -- Cause and effect -- What can go wrong, must go wrong-- and then some -- The road from setup to payoff -- Meanwhile, back at the ranch -- The writer's brain on story.
"This guide reveals how writers can take advantage of the brain's hard-wired responses to story to captivate their readers' minds through each plot element"--Provided by publisher.
1607742454 (pbk.) 9781607742456 (pbk.) : $14.99
2011049478
016077365 Uk
Creative writing.
English language--Rhetoric.
Fiction--Authorship.
Wired for story : the writer's guide to using brain science to hook readers from the very first sentence / Lisa Cron. - 1st ed. - New York : Ten Speed Press, c2012. - 262 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-250) and index.
How to hook the reader -- How to zero in on your point -- I'll feel what he's feeling -- What does your protagonist really want? -- Digging up your protagonist's inner issue -- The story is in the specifics -- Courting conflict, the agent of change -- Cause and effect -- What can go wrong, must go wrong-- and then some -- The road from setup to payoff -- Meanwhile, back at the ranch -- The writer's brain on story.
"This guide reveals how writers can take advantage of the brain's hard-wired responses to story to captivate their readers' minds through each plot element"--Provided by publisher.
1607742454 (pbk.) 9781607742456 (pbk.) : $14.99
2011049478
016077365 Uk
Creative writing.
English language--Rhetoric.
Fiction--Authorship.