| Level: | Beginner |
| Pages: | 64 |
| Published: | 2012 |
| Arbitrary Rating: | 4/5 |
| Plan to Reread: | Yes |
You may already know Francis Glebas from his other books "The Animator's Eye" and "Directing the Story". That's not what you should expect from "Iggy's Incredibly Easy Way to Write a Story: The visual way to see your story structure". In this brief introduction to plot structure, Glebas lays out some of the most popular story devices in a short illustrated story.When I say short, I mean short. Thanks to the Kindle format and the illustrations you can roll through this book in less than an hour. Still, it's one of my early favorites because it made the idea of plotting out a story easy to understand. While you could use the dragon template provided in this book for all of your stories, it would probably be a good idea to research other methods or simply experiment on your own.
Following a formulaic approach like this can make it easy to hit all the necessary points to have a complete story, but there is a serious drawback to being too routine. My personal opinion is that cookie cutter stories can be too predictable and that causes me to lose interest even when other aspects are done well.
Side note: This was my break glass in case of emergency book. I was saving it for an especially busy week to make sure I would have something easy to read in my spare time. Unfortunately I ran through several craptastic books so I may run into a rough spot finishing one of the longer books by next week.
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