Full name: Story Trumps Structure: How to Write Unforgettable Fiction by Breaking the Rules

Author: Steven James Year: 2013 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Writing Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads Barns&Noble Google Books LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781599636511 1599636514

Don't limit your fiction - LIBERATE IT All too often, following the "rules" of writing can constrict rather than inspire you. With Story Trumps Structure, you can shed those rules - about three-act structure, rising action, outlining, and more - to craft your most powerful, emotional, and gripping stories. Award-winning novelist Steven James explains how to trust the narrative process to make your story believable, compelling, and engaging, and debunks the common myths that hold writers back from creating their best work. Ditch your outline and learn to write organically. Set up promises for readers - and deliver on them. Discover how to craft a satisfying climax. Master the subtleties of characterization. Add mind-blowing twists to your fiction. When you focus on what lies at the heart of story - tension, desire, crisis, escalation, struggle, discovery - rather than plot templates and formulas, you'll begin to break out of the box and write fiction that resonates with your readers. Story Trumps Structure will transform the way you think about stories and the way you write them, forever. Similar books: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman On Writing Well by William Zinsser Write. Publish. Repeat. by Sean Platt The Emotional Wound Thesaurus by Becca Puglisi The Naked Truth About Self-Publishing by Jana DeLeon Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne Story by Robert McKee Walking on Water by Madeleine L'Engle Let's Get Visible by David Gaughran The Negative Trait Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman Impossible Owls by Brian Phillips Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark The Essential Guide to Freelance Writing by Zachary Petit Outlining Your Novel by K. M. Weiland Master Lists for Writers by Bryn Donovan Wired for Story by Lisa Cron