This Kindle book is an updated, expanded, and meticulously polished version of fragmented editions that you can still find floating around online. Although originally produced to help artists build stories into video games, students of writing began to notice how this book offers a complete, concise, and thoroughly useful introduction to the basics of fiction-writing in any media.
If the topic of fiction-writing is important to you, and if you are looking for a tightly-written soup-to-nuts handbook rather than a rambling 500-page tome, you have come to the right place.
Consider this: Reading does not tell us much about how to write a story. An avid reader is like someone who excels at navigating a busy city, whereas a writer of fiction knows exactly how to design and construct subways, bridges, roads, and sidewalks. Even though most people can recognize a great story when they see it, the rules for building a story are far from obvious.
In this book, I've laid out the essential rules of storytelling along with clear examples from well-known movies and television. Based on an understanding of human nature and its rules for storytelling, and with dedicated study and practice, anyone can learn to produce stories that ebb and flow according to the naturally hardwired expectations of our audience.
If the topic of fiction-writing is important to you, and if you are looking for a tightly-written soup-to-nuts handbook rather than a rambling 500-page tome, you have come to the right place.
Consider this: Reading does not tell us much about how to write a story. An avid reader is like someone who excels at navigating a busy city, whereas a writer of fiction knows exactly how to design and construct subways, bridges, roads, and sidewalks. Even though most people can recognize a great story when they see it, the rules for building a story are far from obvious.
In this book, I've laid out the essential rules of storytelling along with clear examples from well-known movies and television. Based on an understanding of human nature and its rules for storytelling, and with dedicated study and practice, anyone can learn to produce stories that ebb and flow according to the naturally hardwired expectations of our audience.
