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Story Genius

How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

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Story Genius

Yazan: Lisa Cron
Seslendiren: Brittany Pressley
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Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, Wired for Story, this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting story.

It’s every novelist’s greatest fear: pouring their blood, sweat, and tears into writing hundreds of pages only to realize that their story has no sense of urgency, no internal logic, and so is a page one rewrite.

The prevailing wisdom in the writing community is that there are just two ways around this problem: pantsing (winging it) and plotting (focusing on the external plot). Story coach Lisa Cron has spent her career discovering why these methods don’t work and coming up with a powerful alternative, based on the science behind what our brains are wired to crave in every story we read (and it’s not what you think).

In Story Genius Cron takes you, step-by-step, through the creation of a novel from the first glimmer of an idea, to a complete multilayered blueprint—including fully realized scenes—that evolves into a first draft with the authority, richness, and command of a riveting sixth or seventh draft.
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“Using brain science, Cron busts the myths of good writing to help you find the real story behind all that plot and metaphor.”—The Writer

“In [Cron's] new book, Story Genius, she picks up the . . . theme . . . that a protagonist’s internal struggle makes the story work, and offers step-by-step advice on how to exploit this truth about neuroscience for richer, deeper, better first drafts. . . . Cron provides exercises and examples to keep writers on track, always highlighting the fact that emotions engage the brain faster than anything else. . . . The concepts are easy to understand and they are certainly important. Even if you can’t go on a retreat, you should try to find time to do the exercises for your own blueprint.”—Psychology Today

“It’s a simple question: 'How do you write an effective, engaging story?' Ask Lisa Cron. An accomplished author and story coach, she has just published her second book, Story Genius. A manual of sorts, it teaches cognitive storytelling strategies and uses actual brain science to help make its readers into better writers.”—Creative Screenwriting

“Cron, author of Wired for Story, proposes this new book as the answer to the question, What’s the biggest mistake writers make? She uses psychology and other sciences to explain what makes an utterly compelling story and how to write one. . . . Novice writers looking for a step-by-step guide to how to build—or fix—their novel might find a lot of useful information in here.”—Publishers Weekly

“Lost in the quagmire of trying to write a novel? Well, forget everything you've ever been told about story, because chances are, it's totally wrong. So where to turn? Story guru Cron not only gives you the skinny on why and how stories work (and why and how we respond to them), she also shows you how to craft a novel step by step, working with author Jenny Nash from the germ of an idea to a living, breathing story. I'd never consider writing a novel without Lisa's input, and neither should you.”—Caroline Leavitt, New York Times best-selling author of Is This Tomorrow and Pictures of You
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Fantastic, easy to follow book that is perfect for any writer or storyteller. It’s one of those books that I will reread again and again as I finely tune my stories. Great value and indispensable.

Indispensable for writers

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As a writer, I liked that someone had given so much thought to writing, and particularly as to how to engage the reader.

Good Advice

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You took me from a regular girl wanting to tell her story to a confident one who knows her story will land and evoke emotion. Thank you Lisa. I hope to show you my manuscript soon.

I have been listening to this book all year. I got frustrated at different points because I just didn’t have the answers to what Lisa wanted on the page. But as Lisa says, dig deep and indeed I kept uncovering it. I feel equipped to approach my story once again. Very grateful for this work.

Masterpiece

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This is a very interesting perspective written in every day lingua and very well presented.

Loved It!

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This is a very helpful book for authors, but it relies a lot on the ongoing example of a work-in-progress story that is incredibly depressing. It also only seems to focus on the brain-science aspect in the earlier parts of the book, and then forgets about them later. I've now bought it as a paperback so I can make notes and don't ever have to listen to the awful example-story again

Very useful information but a really depressing example story!

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