Official Review: Creating Stories by Hank Quense
Posted: 29 Jan 2018, 06:19
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Creating Stories" by Hank Quense.]
3 out of 4 stars
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Have you ever tried writing a story while your mind is dictating you to do so? How about believing that its outcome will be your best story, but you ran out of gas after a thousand words or two? What stops the story from moving forward? What happened? Where is the great story you thought, you had?
Creating Stories by Hank Quense is a nonfiction book that simplifies the mind-boggling concept of creating a gripping read that would linger in the minds of the readers. It is published by Strange Worlds Publishing. Its 135 standard pages, 250 words per page, 78 page turns on a Kindle, are fully packed with all the myriad of details revolving around creating stories, including the advantages of planning.
Hank Quense breaks down every chunks of details i.e. characters, plot events, setting, scene locations and a myriad of other topics, into little bites. I agree with the author when he says, "If you don't plan your story beforehand, sooner or later you'll have to stop writing to search for ideas." His systematic way of creating stories keep track of every details to keep the aspiring writers focused and not stray, both from the author and the characters limitations.
He includes graphics and tabulations, encourages to follow his templates, suggests useful sites for world-building, and most of all recommends an app where writers can store all data in one place. The author tackles an Empty Word Test in this book and asks follow up questions that will determine wether to keep or to discard some words. This book is worth reading. I experience "aha!" moments while flipping the pages.
I like a few quotes from this book. Here's one of them: "Humor doesn't come from mocking a character's disabilities or deformities. Humor comes from oddball behavior caused by bizarre inner characteristics in one or more of the story's characters, not through their physical appearances." The way Hank Quense creates the images in the reader's mind by not directly mentioning the flaws is superb. Just imagine how the Wyrd sisters look, with their tent-sized robes and the panicky reaction of men when they meet the sisters.
Misplaced "scene goal graphic", and "plot events and emotional arcs chart" cause random blank spaces. I found a few presence of punctuation and grammatical errors which made me rate Creating Stories by Hank Quense, 3 out of 4 stars. I recommend this book to the audience who knows how to read and has passion in writing manuscripts, short stories and novels. I'll definitely be reading more from this author.
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3 out of 4 stars
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Have you ever tried writing a story while your mind is dictating you to do so? How about believing that its outcome will be your best story, but you ran out of gas after a thousand words or two? What stops the story from moving forward? What happened? Where is the great story you thought, you had?
Creating Stories by Hank Quense is a nonfiction book that simplifies the mind-boggling concept of creating a gripping read that would linger in the minds of the readers. It is published by Strange Worlds Publishing. Its 135 standard pages, 250 words per page, 78 page turns on a Kindle, are fully packed with all the myriad of details revolving around creating stories, including the advantages of planning.
Hank Quense breaks down every chunks of details i.e. characters, plot events, setting, scene locations and a myriad of other topics, into little bites. I agree with the author when he says, "If you don't plan your story beforehand, sooner or later you'll have to stop writing to search for ideas." His systematic way of creating stories keep track of every details to keep the aspiring writers focused and not stray, both from the author and the characters limitations.
He includes graphics and tabulations, encourages to follow his templates, suggests useful sites for world-building, and most of all recommends an app where writers can store all data in one place. The author tackles an Empty Word Test in this book and asks follow up questions that will determine wether to keep or to discard some words. This book is worth reading. I experience "aha!" moments while flipping the pages.
I like a few quotes from this book. Here's one of them: "Humor doesn't come from mocking a character's disabilities or deformities. Humor comes from oddball behavior caused by bizarre inner characteristics in one or more of the story's characters, not through their physical appearances." The way Hank Quense creates the images in the reader's mind by not directly mentioning the flaws is superb. Just imagine how the Wyrd sisters look, with their tent-sized robes and the panicky reaction of men when they meet the sisters.
Misplaced "scene goal graphic", and "plot events and emotional arcs chart" cause random blank spaces. I found a few presence of punctuation and grammatical errors which made me rate Creating Stories by Hank Quense, 3 out of 4 stars. I recommend this book to the audience who knows how to read and has passion in writing manuscripts, short stories and novels. I'll definitely be reading more from this author.
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Creating Stories
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