I have a very special 6-sided die that I roll, to tell me if I'd enjoy it ...

... it says "No" on all 6 sides.

: P

I'm an old autistic.

Having someone else's pre-digested meaning forcing itself into me is .. emotionally-violent abuse.

PS: if you want to REALLY UNDERSTAND Story, WAAAY more awesomely than the shit-quality "education" we all had, pushed...

Please, Please, PLEASE invest in John Truby's "Anatomy of Genres" & "Anatomy of Story" books.

Nothing else in all the writing literature comes even close to the psychology & writing-competence he offers in those 2 books.

I've some minor disagreements with him ( his concept of "village" is a Wild West village, mine is a Tribal Village of the 0.5-2 millions of years before our recent agriculture invention ), but there is simply sooo much wealth of understanding in his books, you can't imagine...

Not only that, but your understanding of how movies work skyrockets, having read 'em, too!

Just as, in movies, there was Before Star Wars, and After Star Wars,

and in gaming, there was Before Alyx, and After Alyx,

in Story, there is Before Truby's Books, and After Truby's Books.

( for presentations, hit Weissman's "Presenting to Win",

for editing, Coyne's "The Story Grid",

for building muscle in writing, Josip Novakovich has books of exercises to do.. )

Beauty, eh?

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