Super Structure Quotes

“The great spy novelist John Le Carré suggested this axiom: The cat sat on the mat is not the beginning of a story. The cat sat on the dog's mat, is.”
― James Scott Bell, Super Structure: The Key to Unleashing the Power of Story

“What I found was a moment where the main character has to figuratively look at himself, as in the mirror. He is confronted with a disturbing truth: change or die.”
― James Scott Bell, Super Structure: The Key to Unleashing the Power of Story

“Having a Care Package relationship keeps a character from being completely selfish.”
― James Scott Bell, Super Structure: The Key to Unleashing the Power of Story

“The Care Package is a relationship the Lead has with someone else, in which he shows his concern, through word or deed, for that character's well being.”
― James Scott Bell, Super Structure: The Key to Unleashing the Power of Story

“the Super Structure Principle may be stated as follows: The power of your story is directly proportional to the readers’ experience of it, and the readers’ experience is directly proportional to the soundness of the structure.”
― James Scott Bell, Super Structure: The Key to Unleashing the Power of Story

“Write down the POV character in the scene, the objective, and a list of possible obstacles. Write a tentative outcome. Spend a couple of minutes making a list of unexpected things. Go wild. One of them will please you. Then you’re ready to write.”
― James Scott Bell, Super Structure: The Key to Unleashing the Power of Story