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A review by cedence
Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel by Lisa Cron
informative
5.0
This is my favorite book about writing stories so far!
The previous ones I've read have focused on plot structure, but this one is filled with information about how to write the story via the lense of the characters. Aka, adding the "why it matters" to the "what" is happening", and how to build a plot that makes sense from the background of your character(s) and cause-and-effect.
It helps you take a vague idea into concrete specifics that is tailored to your story.
How to use scene cards to outline all the plots in your story.
Filled with "assigments" after each part of the chapter so you can apply what you've just learned to your work right away. It helped deepen my WIP right away. I still have quite a few "assignments" to complete, but doing them seems soo neccesarry to create strong bones for your work!
The previous ones I've read have focused on plot structure, but this one is filled with information about how to write the story via the lense of the characters. Aka, adding the "why it matters" to the "what" is happening", and how to build a plot that makes sense from the background of your character(s) and cause-and-effect.
It helps you take a vague idea into concrete specifics that is tailored to your story.
How to use scene cards to outline all the plots in your story.
Filled with "assigments" after each part of the chapter so you can apply what you've just learned to your work right away. It helped deepen my WIP right away. I still have quite a few "assignments" to complete, but doing them seems soo neccesarry to create strong bones for your work!