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A review by frootlupo
Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence by Lisa Cron
informative
medium-paced
4.25
Wired for Story is an insightful and witty collection of very good writing advice, despite it getting a little repetitive at times.
I’d easily recommend Lisa Cron’s book to any aspiring writer. It brings a thorough and thoughtful approach to writing and making compelling stories. It gives helpful practical advice, and doesn’t shy away from hard truths. Each chapter builds skillfully on the previous to help communicate some very helpful concepts. However, because the chapters are so interrelated, it does feel at times that Cron is beating a very very dead horse. I can’t complain too much though, as I’ve seen writers resurrect those dead horses many a times - so perhaps the redundancy of some of the advice is actually needed.
The tone of the book is witty and confident which greatly helps with readability - it does have the occasional side-effect of Cron making grand sweeping statements that I’m not sure I fully agree with. However, as long as readers are able to exercise a modicum of critical thinking, they will find a wealth of gold amidst these pages.
I’d easily recommend Lisa Cron’s book to any aspiring writer. It brings a thorough and thoughtful approach to writing and making compelling stories. It gives helpful practical advice, and doesn’t shy away from hard truths. Each chapter builds skillfully on the previous to help communicate some very helpful concepts. However, because the chapters are so interrelated, it does feel at times that Cron is beating a very very dead horse. I can’t complain too much though, as I’ve seen writers resurrect those dead horses many a times - so perhaps the redundancy of some of the advice is actually needed.
The tone of the book is witty and confident which greatly helps with readability - it does have the occasional side-effect of Cron making grand sweeping statements that I’m not sure I fully agree with. However, as long as readers are able to exercise a modicum of critical thinking, they will find a wealth of gold amidst these pages.