Story Grid isn't only for fiction. Learn how to write an amazing non-fiction work with the tools of Story Grid. Understanding Genre. Understanding genre is understanding storytelling. Use the resources below to deepen your genre understanding. Some labor their entire lives without ever learning that successful stories are as dependent upon good engineering as they are artistry.
But the truth is, unless you are master of the form, function and criteria of successful storytelling, sitting down and pounding out a first draft without planning is an ineffective way to begin. Story Engineering starts with the criteria and the architecture of storytelling, the engineering and design of a story--and uses it as the basis for narrative. The greatest potential of any story is found in the way six specific aspects of storytelling combine and empower each other on the page.
When rendered artfully, they become a sum in excess of their parts. And the best part? Anyone can do it! What if you could look inside a novel and see exactly how it works, like a doctor analyzing an x-ray or MRI scan? What essential actions lie beneath the moves the characters make?
How does each scene propel the story forward? Coyne opens the Guide by analyzing the structure of the Action Story, the first and most primal fiction genre. Why have humans shared heroic tales that pivot on life-or-death choices ever since we began gathering around campfires? Why do Action stories persist at the top of bestseller lists? Because they speak to our desire to experience heart-stopping fear and excitement and learn hard lessons vicariously.
Then Grahl takes you into his process of crafting a story that works by dissecting the structure of each scene, from inciting incident to crisis to resolution. There is simply no better way to learn the craft of storytelling than to study a novel scene by scene.
This Story Grid Contenders Analysis Guide is a valuable tool for any writer or editor interested in the art and science of storytelling. By showing you the inner workings of this contemporary action story at the macro and micro levels, Coyne and Grahl give you the tools to analyze your own work, diagnose and solve problems, and level up your craft. In Book Architecture: How to Plot and Outline Without Using a Formula, Stuart Horwitz returns with his trademark clarity to help writers craft a powerful plot and an effective outline for their works-in-progress.
Along the way, Horwitz offers detailed, concrete examples that reveal how the Book Architecture Method works with everything from literary classics to blockbuster films.
When it works, it feels like magic. But what really makes that magic happen? A few essential components, which Story Grid calls conventions and obligatory moments, can span the distance between writers and readers. Kessler and Watts illustrate each concept with examples from classic masterworks, including Treasure Island, Murder on the Orient Express, and Pride and Prejudice. And they situate conventions and obligatory moments within the larger world of the Story Grid methodology, including the Four Core Framework and the Five Commandments of Storytelling.
Ready to make your own magic? If you've got a book to promote, stop what you're doing right now and start reading Your First Copies. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of Drive and When "Your First Copies is a must-read for authors trying to build a connection with their readers. There is no one I trust more to learn about book marketing.
And imagine if those readers eagerly awaited the launch of your next book. How would that direct relationship with your readers change your writing career? How would you feel knowing that every time you started a new book project, you already had people excited to buy it and ready to recommend it to others? In Your First Copies, seasoned book marketing expert Tim Grahl walks you through how successful authors are using the online marketing tools to build their platform, connect with readers and sell more books.
He has worked with authors across all fiction and non-fiction genres. It pinpoints story problems but does not emotionally abuse the writer, revealing exactly where a Story not the person creating the Story'the Story has failed.
It will tell the writer the specific work necessary to fix that Story's problems. It is a tool to re-envision and resuscitate a seemingly irredeemable pile of paper stuck in an attic drawer.
It is a tool that can inspire an original creation. It's like a CT Scan that takes a photo of the global story and tells the editor or writer what is working, what is not, and. During his years as an editor at the Big Five publishing houses, as an independent publisher, as a literary agent both at a major Hollywood talent agency and as head of Genre Management Inc.
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