Story Trumps Structure : How to Write Unforgettable Fiction by Breaking the Rules (Paperback)

from TromboneAl

The two main points of this book are (1) all good stories involve things that go wrong and (2) you should not write an outline of your book and try to stick to it. He also has other important ideas that will help you write an entertaining book, but those are the most important. His point is that ...

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An excellent book for writers of genre fiction, and though it probably skews toward suspense or thriller writing, the advice applies to every kind of fiction. I found it refreshing not to have to plod through yet another iteration of all the classic advice about plot; though nothing in this contr...

from Z.Rider

I read this with a couple of other authors—we'd do three chapters a week and get together over VOIP on Sundays to discuss it. We all found Story Trumps Structure extremely useful, especially since we all had projects going that we could apply the information to. (My copy is stuffed with Post it N...

from TromboneAl

The two main points of this book are (1) all good stories involve things that go wrong and (2) you should not write an outline of your book and try to stick to it. He also has other important ideas that will help you write an entertaining book, but those are the most important. His point is that ...

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An excellent book for writers of genre fiction, and though it probably skews toward suspense or thriller writing, the advice applies to every kind of fiction. I found it refreshing not to have to plod through yet another iteration of all the classic advice about plot; though nothing in this contr...