Superstructure: the Key to Unlocking the Power of Story
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In this book, renowned American writing coach James Scott Bell reveals the secrets to making novels and screenplays more powerful and irresistible. A basic principle of writing is that the appeal of a story is directly proportional to the reader's reading experience, and the reader's reading experience is directly proportional to the rationality of the structure. A story without structure is like a skin without a skeleton. Only through a reasonable structure can the power of the story be released. Superstructure works for any kind of writer-whether it's someone who likes to outline before they start writing, or someone who just lets their imagination run wild based on intuition. According to the author, writing a novel is like driving in the dark with headlights on. The furthest you can see is only the light on the highway. However, as long as you always know what the next sign is, you will not get lost or drive towards a cliff. "Superstructure" provides us with 14 very effective story signposts, which are: Haunting, Care Package, Argument Against Switching, Making Trouble, Door of No Return No. 1, Kick in the Shoe, Mirror Moment, Pet the Puppy, Door of No Return No. 2, Growing Power, Lights Out, Q Element, Final Battle, and Switching. For each signpost, this book explains it in an independent chapter, and also attaches a short section "Useful suggestions for plot writers and intuitive writers" to show you how to put what you have just learned into practice and make corresponding adjustments according to your own writing style to write a story that is unique to you.
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