Immersion and Emotion: The Two Pillars of Storytelling - Couverture souple

Brown, David; Barker, Michelle

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1738076601 ISBN 13 : 9781738076604

Editeur : Darling Axe Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

You're closer to "un-put-downable" than you think.

Your first goal is to immerse readers in the story world. Your second goal is to make them crave the next page. And the next.

This book takes you into the workshop of The Darling Axe's two senior editors, Michelle and David. Their philosophy is simple: every element of a story must serve the reader's experience, or it doesn't belong.

By the end, you'll know how to:

• Build a hook that compels readers to turn the page
• Fix head-hopping and POV drift before an editor has to
• Cut filter words that mute your prose
• Use setting and world-building to do double duty as characterization
• Diagnose whether your plot problem is actually a character problem
• Structure an ending that delivers everything you promised

Inside, you'll master both pillars of storytelling:

Immersion: voice, POV, setting, world-building, hooks, backstory, description, dialogue, filter words, pacing.

Emotional draw: character psychology, narrative goals, plot structure, the hero's journey, causality, symbolism, theme, and an ending that lands.

For novelists, revisers, and anyone whose manuscript is almost there and needs to know exactly how to fix it.

Start immersing readers from the first paragraph, then keep them turning page after page.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Darling Axe Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1738076601
• ISBN 13: 9781738076604
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 167
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg