There’s a question most writers dread: “What is your story about?” This, we feel, is ridiculous. How are we supposed to reduce hundreds of pages to a few sentences? It seems unfair, or impossible. And yet we do it all the time when describing our favorite books and movies. We know they could never be explained in a few minutes; but we also know there’s something special in each story that hooked us, a single shining element that cinched the deal.
The 3 types of story premise
The 3 types of story premise
The 3 types of story premise
There’s a question most writers dread: “What is your story about?” This, we feel, is ridiculous. How are we supposed to reduce hundreds of pages to a few sentences? It seems unfair, or impossible. And yet we do it all the time when describing our favorite books and movies. We know they could never be explained in a few minutes; but we also know there’s something special in each story that hooked us, a single shining element that cinched the deal.