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Copyright © 2012 by Lisa Cron 
All rights reserved. 
Published in the United States by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.www.crownpublishing.comwww.tenspeed.com 
Ten Speed Press and the Ten Speed Press colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. 
Front cover pen photograph copyright © iStockphoto.com/pmphotoFront cover ink blot illustrations copyright © iStockphoto.com/Krasstin 
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cron, Lisa.   Wired for story : the writer’s guide to using brain science to hook readers from the very first sentence / Lisa Cron. —1st ed.      p. cm.   Summary: “This guide reveals how writers can take advantage of the brain’s hardwired responses to story to captivate their readers’ minds through each plot element”—Provided by publisher.   1. English language—Rhetoric. 2. Fiction—Authorship. 3. Creative writing.I. Title.   PE1408.C7164 2012   808.036—dc23 
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eISBN: 978-1-60774-246-3 
v3.1 

To my children, Annie and Peter,the best storytellers I know.

 
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Introduction
 
How to Hook the Reader
 
COGNITIVE SECRET: We think in story, which allows us to envision the future.
STORY SECRET: From the very first sentence, the reader must want to know what happens next. 
How to Zero
In on Your Point
 
COGNITIVE SECRET: When the brain focuses its full attention on something, it filters out all unnecessary information.
STORY SECRET: To hold the brain’s attention, everything in a story must be there on a need-to-know basis. 
I’ll Feel What He’s Feeling
 
COGNITIVE SECRET: Emotion determines the meaning of everything—if we’re not feeling, we’re not conscious.
STORY SECRET: All story is emotion based—if we’re not feeling, we’re not reading. 
What Does Your Protagonist
Really
Want?
 
COGNITIVE SECRET: Everything we do is goal directed, and our biggest goal is figuring out everyone else’s agenda, the better to achieve our own.
STORY SECRET: A protagonist without a clear goal has nothing to figure out and nowhere to go. 
Digging Up Your Protagonist’s Inner Issue
 
COGNITIVE SECRET: We see the world not as it is, but as we believe it to be.
STORY SECRET: You must know precisely when, and why, your protagonist’s worldview was knocked out of alignment. 
The Story Is in the Specifics
 
COGNITIVE SECRET: We don’t think in the abstract; we think in specific images.
STORY SECRET: Anything conceptual, abstract, or general must ............

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