Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence

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Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence | Lisa Cron

Today's reading

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Mitch

Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence | Lisa Cron

Wow... very interesting...

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/08/22/reading-listening-activate-...

8little_paws So the brain kind of looks like a laughing dinosaur ..... 5y

Mitch @8little_paws 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 5y

Ruthiella I agree tho I have no scientific reasoning. I prefer text but when the audio narration is good and I can give enough brain space to listening, it is the same. Usually I can‘t even remember if I read or listened. 5y

Soubhiville I‘m with @8little_paws, I saw dinosaurs, then boxing gloves... 🤷‍♀️🤣 5y

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CorinnaBechko

Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence | Lisa Cron

New week, new read.

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jen_the_scribe

Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence | Lisa Cron

One of my favorite reference books about my craft. Lisa Cron takes you into the mind of the reader, helping you to understand what keeps them turning the page. She demystifies some myths, and shows that hooking the reader isn't as complicated as we've been taught. She never acts like it isn't hard work, on the contrary, only that our minds want to learn how to get out of certain situations... a means of survival.

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CorinnaBechko

Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence | Lisa Cron

I couldn't go to a writers' conference and not buy a book #WritersDay2019

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annahenke

Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence | Lisa Cron

I‘m getting serious about fiction writing this year! 2018 is the year I write my novel! Diving into this book to get into the mindset. #writing #writersoflitsy

melbeautyandbooks Way to go! You got this! 7y

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KerriNTurner

Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence | Lisa Cron

#rockinmay #itsmylife Writing is what a love to do more than anything else, and here are my favourite books on and about writing (plus my pig bookend!).

Cinfhen

Cinfhen Wish I could write! 8y

MaleficentBookDragon ❤️💙💜that bookend! 8y

KerriNTurner @MaleficentBookDragon it has a pig butt end as well, but it was on the other side of some folders and didn't fit in the pic 😄 🐷 8y

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KerriArista

Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence | Lisa Cron

Yes! That's what I love about reading. "We get to try on trouble, pretty much risk-free."

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Anacoqui

Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence | Lisa Cron

Stories are about how we, rather than the world around us,change.

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mhillis

Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence | Lisa Cron

There are so many things that I'd like to know more about. Writing fiction is one. #atopicyoudliketoknowmoreabout #readjanuary

RealLifeReading

LitLogophile Agreed! 8y

mhillis @lostlogophile ✍️yes! 8y

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bmsddk

Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence | Lisa Cron

Too many fandoms to just choose one, or even a few!!! Here is a representation of some of characters I enjoy spending time with (including the dolphins, haha) 😁 ~ Do you see any of yours here (open invite to chat about them!)? ~ Tagged the great read, Wired for Story by Lisa Cron, because fandoms draw us as characters into their stories 📚 ~ #Day16 #FavoriteFandom #octphotochallenge #bookphotochallenge ~ @LibrarianRyan

[DELETED] 2852984487 I have read nearly every #StarWars book out there, both Legends and Canon. I have also read lots of #StarTrek books. 8y

[DELETED] 2852984487 However, I have not read the children's #StarWars books. 8y

bmsddk @RStorey Awesome!!! 👏👏👏 I've read well over a hundred EU/Legends (adult and kids), and still have many left to get through! Haven't started any of the new Canon yet, but they're on my TBR list. I chose that The Last of the Jedi cover because it was one of the few with a good picture of Obi-Wan Kenobi (on my top Star Wars characters list) ☺ What are some of your favourite Star Wars series? 8y

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bmsddk @RStorey The Star Trek books are fun 😀 A bit like healthy brain candy! What Star Trek series have you read the most in? 8y

[DELETED] 2852984487 @bmsddk Favorite #StarWars series is the Thrawn Trilogy (Heir to the Empire) by Timothy Zahn. I also really enjoyed the Darth Bane trilogy by Drew Karpyshyn. 8y

Eyelit How do you like the color me Jane coloring book? 8y

[DELETED] 2852984487 @bmsddk Favorite #StarTrek series is TNG. Favorite book is Imzadi. 8y

lilredhen TNG, DS9, LOTR, Lunar Chronicles, Six of Crows. Don't ask me to pick my fave of each series, it's hard enough picking favorite fandoms lol 8y

bmsddk @Eyelit That colouring book is actually on our TBR (er... to be coloured) list ☺ The current Austen one is tagged. It's a fun one; my Mom is really enjoying it!

Pride and Prejudice: A Coloring Classic

bmsddk @RStorey Those are great Star Wars and Star Trek books! 8y

bmsddk @lilredhen Hahaha, it is so hard 😅 What are some elements you like in those fandoms? 8y

bmsddk @Eyelit Are there any literary colouring books you recommend? 8y

Eyelit I have coloring books for tv shows (doctor who and Sherlock so far - but Firefly and Buffy will be out soonish)... and I only have one literary coloring book and it's for Locke & Key. It's all right. I want the Jane Austen one and I've seen a Poe one floating around 😃 8y

lilredhen Next Gen, l like the optimism and rosy outlook they have-even when lousy things happen, they are still an optimistic bunch. DS9 is interesting for its exploration of religion and racism (look deep, you'll see it) 8y

lilredhen LOTR was a bedtime story my mom read to us (yes, a bedtime story; it's one of the first I remember her reading to us) and I love the down to earth nature of the hobbits, their quiet and simple lifestyle and the contrast with the more "advanced" races 8y

lilredhen Lunar Chronicles-love the riffs on fairy tales. I love fairy tales, and I love a good retelling. Six of Crows-they aren't heroes, and they don't pretend to be. They are flawed, but their stories are so rich and so understandable that I love them for how they turned out. 8y

lilredhen As far as those who read them and love them I find that the Star Trek fans are, for the most part, optimists with a forward thinking perspective. LOTR readers I know are deep thinkers-they read and re read the books, picking something wonderfully new out each time-and they also favor a quieter way of life for the most part. 8y

lilredhen Lunar Chronicles and Six of Crows-I haven't met a lot of people who have read them outside of Litsy, and I think y'all are just awesome lol. 8y

bmsddk @lilredhen One of the primary reasons I love DS9 is how tastefully provocative it is! They seemed to address some meatier issues more head-on than the other series did. Did not end all those episodes as hopefully as with TNG, but almost always thinking. I can imagine it would be fun to have LOTR read out loud to you; it would bring to life all the lyrical description 😀 8y

bmsddk @lilredhen I made my sister and Mom read Lunar Chronicles and Six of Crows (they loved both), but other than them, I've also not met people outside of Litsy who have read them 😂 Last year someone asked me why I was counting down to Nov. 10, and they gave me a weird look when I told then it was for Winter's release date 😜 You guys are great with understanding things like that! 8y

bmsddk @lilredhen Lunar Chronicles was a fun mildly scifi retelling with several thematic and character layers. What other fairy tale retellings do you enjoy? I loved the growth of our anti-heroes in Six of Crows, and the writing quality is sharp! Those are interesting observations about personalities in different fandoms. 8y

lilredhen @bmsddk Robin McKinley has a whole slew of fairy tale retellings that I love-Spindle's End, Deerskin, Beauty and Rose Daughter, as well as quite a few short stories. Jessica Day George has some great retellings, too, starting with the Twelve Dancing Princesses and going from there. 8y

lilredhen And yes, LOTR read aloud is a completely different thing, especially if the reader hits a good cadence. 8y

bmsddk @lilredhen Thanks for the spinoff suggestions! They sound very interesting and are going on the TBR list. @Eyelit I just told my Mom about those coloring books you mentioned -- she was so excited, she thinks she's set for life with all the options out there. Thanks for sharing! 8y

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