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The Secrets of Story: Innovative Tools for Perfecting Your Fiction and Captivating Readers
by Matt Bird
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- Character: Can your audience identify with your hero?
- Structure and Plot: Is your story ruled by human nature?
- Scene Work: Does each scene advance the plot and reveal character through emotional reactions?
- Dialogue: Is your characters' dialogue infused with distinct personality traits and speech patterns based on their lives and backgrounds?
- Tone: Are you subtly setting, resetting, and upsetting expectations?
- Theme: Are you using multiple ironies throughout the story to create meaning?
To succeed in the world of fiction and film, you have to work on every aspect of your craft and satisfy your audience. Do both--and so much more--with The Secrets of Story.
- Character: Can your audience identify with your hero?
- Structure and Plot: Is your story ruled by human nature?
- Scene Work: Does each scene advance the plot and reveal character through emotional reactions?
- Dialogue: Is your characters' dialogue infused with distinct personality traits and speech patterns based on their lives and backgrounds?
- Tone: Are you subtly setting, resetting, and upsetting expectations?
- Theme: Are you using multiple ironies throughout the story to create meaning?
To succeed in the world of fiction and film, you have to work on every aspect of your craft and satisfy your audience. Do both--and so much more--with The Secrets of Story.
Paperback
$19.99