The Irrisistible Novel - How to Craft an Extraordinary Story That Engages Readers from Start to Finish
Author(s): Jeff Gerke
Discover Your Voice and Enthrall Readers!
The crad with various debates04 : 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 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.
- 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.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : F&W Publications Inc
- : Writer's Digest Books
- : 0.294835
- : August 2015
- : .63 Inches X 5.5 Inches X 8.437 Inches
- : books
Special Fields
- : Jeff Gerke
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : English
- : 808.3
- : 272