A review by cnvair
Damn Fine Story: Mastering the Tools of a Powerful Narrative by Chuck Wendig

5.0

As someone who used to waste a lot of time figuring out my characters' favorite colors and shoe sizes while simultaneously fretting about THE PLOT™, this book was exactly what I needed. It's not a workbook and there's no pretending you can fill-in-the-blank your way to a novel; instead, it gave me a better understanding of how stories work and how different elements of story interact. Wendig's focus on characters is the the best "advice" I've ever gotten, and I not only enjoyed reading this, but started to make connections and work through problems in my own story.