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The Structure of Story
How to Write Great Stories by Focusing on What Really Matters
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This practical, how-to guide reveals the tools that great writers use to craft compelling stories.
What do all great stories have in common? What techniques do great writers use? How do you take your writing to the next level?
There are no storytelling rules-but there are patterns. The Structure of Story details the specific writing tools that will help you recognize and apply the patterns of great stories.
You will learn how to shift your focus from storytelling rules to storytelling tools. By applying these tools, you'll be able to keep the reader on the edge of their seat while delivering an emotional, meaningful story.
In The Structure of Story, you'll learn the four dramatic tools that keep the reader engaged, the two things every story must accomplish, how to write multi-dimensional characters that drive plot, how a story's theme can be conveyed through a character arc, how to create an organic plot driven by cause and effect, the critical things that your opening must accomplish, what goes in the middle of a story, how to write an emotional climax, how subtext works and when to use it, how to create a twist ending, tools for showing rather than telling, how to pace your story properly, how to write an ending that's both satisfying and inevitable, and how to avoid a repetitive plot.
No matter where you are in your writing career, The Structure of Story will give you new techniques to take your writing to the next level.
Press Reviews:
"It's a perfect time in Hollywood for a book like this to help elevate the craft of screenwriting. Ross has created an invaluable guide for exploring the complex elements of story that will help beginning writers and seasoned professionals to tell deeper stories. It's a must have book for your collection. I've added it to my shelf next to my computer." - Mark Sanderson, screenwriter and author of "A Screenwriter's Journey to Success"
"Ross Hartmann's masterful writing craft book, The Structure of Story, offers clear information about what it takes to create and maintain the all-important suspense-building tool, "narrative drive." This eminently readable book goes beyond explaining what to do; it shows you how to do it. Keep this book close by--you'll refer to it over and over again!" - Jane K. Cleland, author of "Mastering Plot Twists" and "Mastering Suspense"
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