Story Genius by Lisa Cron

Story Genius: 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)

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I read a lot of craft books, so I don't talk about them unless they have something different.

What if I told you that this book doesn't talk about story structure at all? Because it doesn't.

Instead, it spends a lot of time exploring the important characters and their backstories to create the mass of the iceberg that makes a story feel richer. You could use it stand alone or in concert with your favorite structure model.

after reading this book and making some extensive notes and using my novel WIP in writing the exercises, I think i've learned a lot more about how to start a novel on a much stronger footing than I knew previously. Now to see if it carries over to revising Project Arcade...