27 Essential Principles Of Story

“So often people ask me if there’s a book on story I can recommend. This is the one. I can’t recommend it highly enough.”––Alexa Junge, writer/producer, Friends , Sex and the City , The West Wing A master class of 27 lessons, drawn from 27 diverse narratives, for novelists, storytellers, filmmakers, graphic designers, and more. Author Daniel Joshua Rubin unlocks the secrets of what makes a story work, and then shows how to understand and use these principles in your own writing. The result is “an invaluable resource” ( Publishers Weekly , starred review), offering priceless advice like escalate risk, with an example from Pulp Fiction . Write characters to the top of their intelligence , from the Eminem song “Stan.” Earn transformations , from Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home . Attack your theme , from The Brothers Karamazov . Insightful, encouraging, filled with attitude, and, as Booklist puts it, “perfect for any writer lookin