000			03870cam a2200433 i 4500
001			19180216
003			MiTN
005			20250203142235.0
008			160718s2016 cau b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2016019077
020			_a9781607748892 (paperback)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _erda
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aPE1408 _b.C7163 2016
082	0	0	_a808.3 _223
084			_aLAN005000 _aREF026000 _2bisacsh
100	1		_aCron, Lisa,
245	1	0	_aStory genius : _bhow to use brain science to go beyond outlining and write a riveting novel (before you waste three years writing 327 pages that go nowhere) / _cLisa Cron.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aBerkeley : _bTen Speed Press, _c2016.
300			_a280 pages ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"Following on the heels of Lisa Cron's breakout first book, Wired for Story, this writing guide reveals how to use cognitive storytelling strategies to build a scene-by-scene blueprint for a riveting story. It's every novelist's greatest fear: pouring their blood, sweat, and tears into writing hundreds of pages only to realize that their story has no sense of urgency, no internal logic, and so is a page one rewrite. The prevailing wisdom in the writing community is that there are just two ways around this problem: pantsing (winging it) and plotting (focusing on the external plot). Story coach Lisa Cron has spent her career discovering why these these methods don't work and coming up with a powerful alternative, based on the science behind what our brains are wired to crave in every story we read (and it's not what you think). In Story Genuis Cron takes you, step-by-step, through the creation of a novel from the first glimmer of an idea, to a complete multilayered blueprint--including fully realized scenes--that evolves into a first draft with the authority, richness, and command of a riveting sixth or seventh draft"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: CONTENTS -- Introduction 1 -- PART I. WHAT A STORY IS, AND WHAT IT ISN'T -- Story: The Brain's Decoder Ring 9 -- Myths Galore: Everything We Were Taught About Writing Is Wrong 19 -- PART II. CREATING THE INSIDE STORY -- The What If? Expectation, Broken! 35 -- The Who: Whose Life Will You Utterly Upend? 53 -- The Why: Why, Exactly, Does Your Protagonist Care? 67 -- The Worldview: Your Protagonist's, That Is 85 -- What Next? The Beauty of Cause and Effect 105 -- The When: An Offer Your Protagonist Can't Refuse (But Probably Wants To) 123 -- PART III. CREATING AN EXTERNAL GAUNTLET TO SPUR YOUR PROTAGONIST'S INTERNAL STRUGGLE -- 9 The Opening: Of Your Novel and of the Story Genius Blueprinting System 147 -- 10 The Real "Aha!" Moment: Where Will Your Story End? 165 -- 11 Building Your Blueprint: How to Keep Track of All the Moving Parts 187 -- 12 Going Back to Move Forward: How to Harvest the Past to Set Up the Plot 195 -- 13 Story Logic: Making Sure Each "What" Has a "Why" 209 -- 14 The Secret to Layering: Subplots, Storylines, and Secondary Characters 223 -- 15 Writing Forward: Stories Grow in Spirals 245.
650		0	_aEnglish language _xRhetoric. _92434
650		0	_aFiction _xAuthorship. _92528
650		0	_aFiction _xTechnique. _92530
650		0	_aCharacters and characteristics in literature. _92188
650		0	_aCreative writing.
650		7	_aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aREFERENCE / Writing Skills. _2bisacsh
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aCron, Lisa, author. _tStory genius _bFirst edition. _dBerkeley : Ten Speed Press, 2016 _z9781607748908 _w(DLC) 2016033402
596			_a1
948			_au612911
903			_a33439
999			_c33439 _d33439