6/22/2023 0 Comments Lisa cron's story genius![]() ![]() In my current status as a wanna-be-a-better-children’s-middle-grade-novelist, I know I need to up my character-development game. ( She has a Ted Talk on it you can listen to it here.) Here’s the summary: People are influenced by good stories. ![]() The brain science part is nothing to write home about, at least it wasn’t for me. ![]() I checked out the audio version of the book from the library. How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere). It has a sub title and a sub-sub title: Story Genius. The entire title of the book I saw is long. I should have taught my kids how to become professional yodelers instead.Īll that to say the phrase Before You Waste in the book’s title caught my eye because I’m writing again full time and don’t want to squander this decade too. I was raising kids then too, and anytime I had a spare second, I was writing. Those series represent the entirety of my freelance work in my 30s, the time when you’re supposed to be at your creative peak. So when I saw a writing book that included these words in the title- How to Write a Riveting Novel Before You Waste Three Years-the words Before You Waste made me think of those unprofitable books. ![]()
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