The Irresistible Novel: How to Craft an Extraordinary Story That Engages Readers from Start to Finish...

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Jeff Gerke

The Irresistible Novel

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ISBN: 9781599638256

How to Craft an Extraordinary Story That Engages Readers from Start to Finish

Jeff Gerke

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Writers Digest
05 June 2015

Language: reference & general; Writing & editing guides

Discover Your Voice and Enthrall Readers!The craft of writing is filled with various debates: Should I include a prologue? Should I delete all adverbs from my manuscript? Just how much backstory can I include in my story? These questions and their often-contradictory answers can cause confusion, frustration, and even paralysis in the writer.

The Irresistible Novel frees you from the limits of so-called rules and instead provides you with a singular goal: You must engage your readers from beginning to end. Filled with down-to-earth discussions on the various debates of writing, as well as innovative research on neuroscience and reader response, this book shows you how to:

*Navigate the various debates on writing fiction - showing versus telling, purple prose, outlining, writing description, and more - to decide what kind of novelist you want to be.
*Hack your reader's brain to hook her interest and trigger emotional engagement from the very first page.
*Incorporate enduring elements of storytelling from masters like Joseph Campbell, Aristotle, and Carl Jung.

Readers want to be swept away by your stories. When you eschew the rules and focus on your readers' desires, you're free to write truly irresistible fiction.

By: Jeff Gerke
Imprint: Writers Digest
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 295g
ISBN: 9781599638256
ISBN 10: 1599638258
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 05 June 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jeff Gerke is the author of both fiction and nonfiction titles, including the Operation: Firebrand novels, Plot Versus Character, The First 50 Pages, and Write Your Novel in a Month. He is the founder of Marcher Lord Press, the premier publisher of Christian speculative fiction.

Reviews for The Irresistible Novel: How to Craft an Extraordinary Story That Engages Readers from Start to Finish

Jeff Gerke's The Irresistible Novel encourages authors to break from restrictive rules in pursuit of the true goal--to engage one's readers from beginning to end. Chapters explore different points of view on everything from nuances of grammar (and why their paralyzing rules should not always be strictly obeyed) to mapping a story path with respect to engaging the reader's brain chemistry. --Midwest Book Review