Step 1 Of Becoming A Story Genius

This week Nicole discusses part one of Lisa Cron’s book, Story Genius, entitled WHAT A STORY IS AND WHAT IT ISN’T. A deep understanding of story is one of the most important things a writer needs, but when Lisa Cron dared to say that everything we’ve learned about writing is wrong, Nicole was intrigued. 

 

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Mentioned in this episode:

• STORY GENIUS by Lisa Cron https://bookshop.org/a/10928/9781607748892 

• PitchWars https://pitchwars.org/new-start-here/ 

• Storymatic https://thestorymatic.com/ 

• Stop Writing Alone Bookshop https://bookshop.org/shop/Stopwritingalone 

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• Kim A. Flodin https://www.howinthehellpodcast.com/

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