The Irresistible Novel: How To Craft An Extraordinary Story That Engages Readers From Start To Finish
by Jeff Gerke /
2015 / English / EPUB
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Discover Your Voice and Enthrall Readers!
Discover Your Voice and Enthrall Readers!
The craft of writing is filled with various debates: Should I
include a prologue? Should I delete all adverbs from my
manuscript? Just how much backstory--if any--can I include in
my story? These questions--and their often-contradictory
answers--can cause confusion, frustration, and even paralysis
in the writer.
The craft of writing is filled with various debates: Should I
include a prologue? Should I delete all adverbs from my
manuscript? Just how much backstory--if any--can I include in
my story? These questions--and their often-contradictory
answers--can cause confusion, frustration, and even paralysis
in the writer.The Irresistible Novel
The Irresistible Novel frees you from the limits of
so-called "rules" and instead provides you with a singular
goal: You must engage your readers from beginning to end.
Filled with down-to-earth discussions on the various debates of
writing, as well as innovative research on neuroscience and
reader response, this book shows you how to:
frees you from the limits of
so-called "rules" and instead provides you with a singular
goal: You must engage your readers from beginning to end.
Filled with down-to-earth discussions on the various debates of
writing, as well as innovative research on neuroscience and
reader response, this book shows you how to:Navigate the various debates on writing fiction--showing
versus telling, purple prose, outlining, writing description,
and more--to decide what kind of novelist you want to be.
Navigate the various debates on writing fiction--showing
versus telling, purple prose, outlining, writing description,
and more--to decide what kind of novelist you want to be.Hack your reader's brain to hook her interest and trigger
emotional engagement from the very first page.
Hack your reader's brain to hook her interest and trigger
emotional engagement from the very first page.Incorporate enduring elements of storytelling from masters
like Joseph Campbell, Aristotle, and Carl Jung.
Incorporate enduring elements of storytelling from masters
like Joseph Campbell, Aristotle, and Carl Jung.Readers want to be swept away by your stories. When you
eschew the rules and focus on your readers' desires, you're free
to write truly irresistible fiction.
Readers want to be swept away by your stories. When you
eschew the rules and focus on your readers' desires, you're free
to write truly irresistible fiction.
