You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) th — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
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You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) that will force the protagonist to put his money where his mouth is. Think baptism by ever-escalating fire.

— Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
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