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

by Lisa Cron

Story is what enabled us to imagine what might happen in the future, and so prepare for it—

Story is what makes us human, not just metaphorically but literally.

our neural circuitry is designed to crave story.

Writers can change the way people think simply by giving them a glimpse of life through their characters’ eyes.