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“narrators are often unreliable, and part of the reader’s pleasure is figuring out what’s really true. The”
― Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
― Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
“If you don't know what the objective is, everything appears random.”
― Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
― Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
“That’s why in every scene you write, the protagonist must react in a way the reader can see and understand in the moment. This reaction must be specific, personal, and have an effect on whether the protagonist achieves her goal. What it can’t be is dispassionate objective commentary.”
― Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
― Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
“what we’re hoping for in that opening sentence is the sense that something is about to change (and not necessarily for the better). Simply”
― Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
― Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
“The narrative voice is almost always neutral, meaning that as omniscient narrator, you’re invisible and just reporting the facts. Your characters, on the other hand, are free to express their opinion on whatever they so desire. As long as the reader knows whose head we’re in—that is, who the point-of-view character is—you rarely need a preamble at all.”
― Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
― Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
Kelsey’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kelsey’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
802 books
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85 friends
1,882 books
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5,000 friends
8,136 books
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1,968 friends
3,438 books
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222 friends
1,065 books
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72 friends
948 books
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59 friends
951 books
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112 friends
408 books
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138 friends
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