Story Sense for Writers: A guide to the essentials

Everyone has a natural story sense honed by the thousands of stories were exposed to growing up from fairy tales TV shows movies novels comic strips family anecdotes and playground jokes to the founding myths of our many cultures.And just as musicians combine their natural in-born sense of timing pitch melody and harmony with a learned knowledge of music theory to further their art writers can combine this natural story sense with a little learned knowledge to further theirs.In this way what was just an intuitive guide becomes a reliable tool in the hand to pick up and use when you need it or lay aside when you dont.This short book presents the basic ideas of how stories are structured and how that structure helps the stories we tell work better and be more meaningful: truths that have emerged from the many stories we humans have told one another throughout the ages. It presents a good solid story-building framework to stick to when you need it or ignore when things are going great.Learning about story structure can only deepen your appreciation of the stories you read and watch and make the stories you create work all the better!