TY - BOOK AU - Bird,Matt TI - The secrets of story SN - 9781440348235 AV - PN 3355 B618s 2016 U1 - 808.3 PY - 2016/// CY - Blue Ash, Ohio PB - Writer's Digest Books KW - Fiction KW - Technique KW - Authorship KW - Narration (Rhetoric) KW - REFERENCE / Writing Skills KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Handbooks and manuals N1 - Includes index; Part I. Writing for strangers -- Part II. The ultimate story checklist -- Part III. Getting from good to "Good lord, this is amazing!" N2 - 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 ER -