“narrators are often unreliable, and part of the reader’s pleasure is figuring out what’s really true. The”
― Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
― Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
“If you don't know what the objective is, everything appears random.”
― Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
― Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
“That’s why in every scene you write, the protagonist must react in a way the reader can see and understand in the moment. This reaction must be specific, personal, and have an effect on whether the protagonist achieves her goal. What it can’t be is dispassionate objective commentary.”
― Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
― Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
“Places are never just places in a piece of writing. If they are, the author has failed. Setting is not inert. It is activated by point of view.”
― In the Dream House
― In the Dream House
“You must learn how to become a deeply disciplined half-ass.”
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
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