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Book cover of The Secrets of Story: Innovative Tools for Perfecting Your Fiction and Captivating Readers

Lois Wickstrom Author Of Dream-Shifter

From Lois' 3 favorite reads in 2024.

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Author Science teacher Swimmer Gardener Exercise junky Reader

Lois' 3 favorite reads in 2024

Lois Wickstrom Why Lois loves this book

This book has ideas I hadn't thought about -- concerning what makes a good story. Matt Bird is an original thinker and analyst. He has asked his students and friends what they like to read and why. Then he compiled what he learned into this book. I find it useful when plotting a new story that I want to write myself.

By Matt Bird ,

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1 author picked The Secrets of Story as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

You've just boarded a plane. You've loaded your phone with your favorite podcasts, but before you can pop in your earbuds, disaster strikes: The guy in the next seat starts telling you all about something crazy that happened to him--in great detail. This is the unwelcome storyteller, trying to convince a reluctant audience to care about his story.

We all hate that guy, right? But when you tell a story (any kind of story: a novel, a memoir, a screenplay, a stage play, a comic, or even a cover letter), you become the unwelcome storyteller.

So how can you write…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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Susan E. Wadds Author Of What the Living Do

From Susan's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Amherst Writers Certified Facilitator Rebalancing Massage Therapist Traveller Yoga lover Nature lover

Susan's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Susan E. Wadds Why Susan loves this book

I found this to be the most unique “time travel” exploration I’ve ever read. It was a head-scratcher with a very satisfying end.

By Scott Alexander Howard ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked The Other Valley as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

'Astonishingly brilliant. My book of the year.' Liz Nugent, Sunday Times-bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond

For fans of Emily St John Mandel and Kazuo Ishiguro, an exhilarating novel about an isolated town neighboured by its own past and future, and a young girl who faces an impossible choice...

Would you sacrifice the future for love?

Sixteen-year-old Odile vies for a coveted seat on an elite council that decides who may cross her town's heavily guarded borders. To the east, the town is twenty years ahead in time. To the west, it's twenty years behind. The towns repeat in an…


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