Story Engineering: Mastering the 6 Core Competencies of Successful Writing

by Larry Brooks

Book Overview

What makes a good story or a screenplay great? The vast majority of writers begin the storytelling process with only a partial understanding where to begin. Some labor their entire lives without ever learning that successful stories are as dependent upon good engineering as they are artistry. But the truth is, unless you are master of the form, function and criteria of successful storytelling, sitting down and pounding out a first draft without planning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582979987
• ISBN13: 9781582979984
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Game changer

Reading all of Brooks' books changed the process of designing my story to a functional, as opposed to dysfunctional, book. So clear.