Wired for story: the writer's guide to using brain science to hook readers from the very first sentence
Lisa Cron
- Resource Type:
- Book (Print/Paper)
- Edition:
- First edition
- Publication:
- Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, [2012]
More Details
- Summary:
- "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.
- Table of Contents:
- 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.
- Author/Creator:
- Cron, Lisa , author
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
- Subjects:
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- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.
- Physical Description:
- 262 pages ; 21 cm
- Call Numbers:
- PE1408 .C7164 2012
- ISBNs:
- 9781607742456 (pbk.)
1607742454 (pbk.)
9781607742463 (ebook)
1607742462 (ebook) - Other Standard Numbers:
- International Article Number: 9781607742456
- Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2011049478
- OCLC Numbers:
- 758389044