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Lisa Cron has worked as a literary agent, TV producer, and story consultant for Warner Brothers and the William Morris Agency, She teaches in the UCLA Extension Writers' Program and is on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts MFA in Visual Narrative program. The author of Wired for Story, Cron mehr anzeigen splits her time between Santa Monica and New York City. weniger anzeigen
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For the past few years, I, too, have been writing because I couldn’t stop. I have several manuscripts so far off-base that they’ll be lucky if I don’t delete them out of shame. I tried to pinpoint what went wrong and traced some issues to buying Scrivener, which is great software that makes it too easy for me to write out of order. Doing so created logic problems in my writing. To be clear, this is a “me” problem, not a Scrivener issue. That method likely works great for other people.
I convinced myself I would find the words if I could manage a few key scenes. I jumped in cold, exploring ideas on the page that didn’t have full plot potential, and did so with little forethought about the characters.
I know better. Still, I tried to build a better mousetrap. Fewer drafts. Increased productivity.
I came to Story Genius humble after repeated false starts and failures. I needed a way to outline without outlining. Lisa Cron calls her method “blueprinting.” It is an exploratory write-as-you-go model that makes sure every chapter has a purpose, often a sub-purpose, and that the characters and plot are so carefully intertwined that the cause-and-effect relationship comes naturally—as long as you can answer a few key questions about what you’re going to write before you write it.
I have so many ideas for my upcoming novel, many of which beg further questions. Some will be scenes. Others will not because they don’t pass the test. That I didn’t ask these questions about purpose and how one thing leads logically to the next toward a loose ending is beyond me. The author gives examples throughout that are helpful for those who hear “Show don’t tell” and don’t quite know what that means in practical application.
Read the whole book before applying the advice. Each chapter builds on the next, the later chapters helping guide the writer away from pitfalls. I read it with a notebook in hand and jotted down notes about my work-in-progress for down the road. Achieving a flow state is akin to a writer’s nirvana. I am there, finally. I can’t recommend this guide strongly enough. I enjoyed it so much that I picked up Wired for Story to read next.
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