Story Trumps Structure
Book description
Don't limit your fiction - LIBERATE IT
All too often, following the "rules" of writing can constrict rather than inspire you. With Story Trumps Structure, you can shed those rules - about three-act structure, rising action, outlining, and more - to craft your most powerful, emotional, and gripping stories.
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Why read it?
2 authors picked Story Trumps Structure as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Story Trumps Fiction is a non-fiction book that encourages you to tear up the rule book when it comes to plotting and planning a novel. I’m a plotter at heart, but this book offers some thought-provoking arguments for writing organically, to craft exciting and surprising plots. It’s written by an award-winning novelist, so he’s ideally placed to offer great advice on how to make a story more powerful, emotional, and gripping. I recommend it for both novice writers and more experienced ones, too.
From Phaedra's list on the power of books and reading.
While all writers need to understand what makes a good plot, not all writers are plotters. Some, myself included, find the act of outlining to be the death knell of their creative process, but most books on the craft encourage or even insist that outlining is the only way to successfully write. Story Trumps Structure refutes that assertion and is the best book I’ve found for understanding how the organic process of writing works. With advice on everything from how to end chapters to plot twists, all writers, plotters, and pantsers alike, will benefit from learning this approach to storytelling…
From Lynn's list on writing for new fiction writers.
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