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A review by kelli_unraveled
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story by K.M. Weiland
5.0
You've got to learn the rules before you break them, right?
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story by K.M. Weiland is a book devoted to teaching the rules of story and scene structure. The author describes how structure will enhance a novel, providing the shape a story will take. She describes each element of story and scene structure in great detail, even going so far as to pinpoint exactly when in the novel each element should take place. I believe that learning and understanding these rules is important in making a story all that it can be. Plus, when you know the rules, deciding exactly when and why to break them (which shouldn't be often) becomes much more effective.
Structuring Your Novel is a book that I will refer to often when I'm planning out a new story, or revising an existing story. The way the K.M. Weiland writes makes it very easy to understand the concepts she is teaching in the book. I appreciated the book/movies examples that she uses to highlight each element of structure. She uses the same examples throughout the book so that you can see the natural progression of story structure.
I did feel like the author tended to be a little repetitive at times, but that is just a minor complaint. This book is full of great concepts that any writer should understand and utilize in their own stories. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about how to construct an effective story, no matter what genre you write.
Structuring Your Novel: Essential Keys for Writing an Outstanding Story by K.M. Weiland is a book devoted to teaching the rules of story and scene structure. The author describes how structure will enhance a novel, providing the shape a story will take. She describes each element of story and scene structure in great detail, even going so far as to pinpoint exactly when in the novel each element should take place. I believe that learning and understanding these rules is important in making a story all that it can be. Plus, when you know the rules, deciding exactly when and why to break them (which shouldn't be often) becomes much more effective.
Structuring Your Novel is a book that I will refer to often when I'm planning out a new story, or revising an existing story. The way the K.M. Weiland writes makes it very easy to understand the concepts she is teaching in the book. I appreciated the book/movies examples that she uses to highlight each element of structure. She uses the same examples throughout the book so that you can see the natural progression of story structure.
I did feel like the author tended to be a little repetitive at times, but that is just a minor complaint. This book is full of great concepts that any writer should understand and utilize in their own stories. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about how to construct an effective story, no matter what genre you write.