THE BOOKS THAT STARTED IT ALL ...
... and when I say "all" I mean ALL. All Storygeeks live classes, online courses, and Writers Workflow coachings originate from the information in both of these books. Taken together, these books represent decades of story development best practices, teaching, and execution across all genres, fiction, nonfiction, TV writing, and feature screenplays. Enjoy.
Anatomy of a Premise Line
This is the only book of its kind to identify a seven-step development process that can be repeated and applied to any story, regardless of genre. This process will save writers time, money, and potentially months of wasted writing. Whether you are trying to write a feature screenplay, a novel, a piece of creative nonfiction, or just trying to figure out your next story move as a writer, this book gives you the tools you need to know which ideas are worth pursuing.
Rapid Story Development
This book offers a unique approach to storytelling, connecting the Enneagram system with classic story principles of character development, plot, and story structure to provide a seven-step methodology to achieve rapid story development. Using the nine core personality styles underlying all human thought, feeling, and action, it provides the tools needed to understand and leverage the Enneagram-Story Connection for writing success.
Jeff's unique insights on the Enneagram and its impact on story structure is at once comprehensible and enlightening. All writers should give this a try.
____Masha Hamilton: Award-winning Author 31 Hours, The Camel Bookmobile; Journalist
Jeff Lyons's mind-blowingly brilliant combo of the Enneagram and innovative story structure virtually reinvents the storytelling wheel. I'm hooked!
____Caroline Leavitt: New York Times Bestselling Author of Pictures of You, Award-winning UCLA Novel Writing instructor, Book Critic
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