Wired for Story

Helpful guide about learning to make your stories more accessible. But, I got exasperated with the conventional scenes that she uses as examples.

I would have liked more examples from classic literature, instead of popular movies. For example, if you're not a huge fan of action movies, when she says something like, “Die Hard is the perfect story,” it's going to be perplexing.

Also, she gives short shrift to avant-garde literature by saying that people only read it to feel smart. I get really excited when an author challenges literary conventions, so I would've liked it if she hadn't dismissed us like that.