GOOD STORY WELL TOLD “Good story” means something worth telling that the world wants to hear. Finding this is your lonely task. It begins with talent. You must be born with the creative power to put things together in a way no one has ever dreamed. Then you must bring to the work a vision that’s driven by fresh insights into human nature and society, coupled with in-depth knowledge of your characters and your world. All that … and, as Hallie and Whit Burnett reveal in their excellent little book, a lot of love. The love of story—the belief that your vision can be expressed only through story,
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