{"id":1352,"date":"2020-06-19T15:58:14","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T15:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.korolov.com\/specficwriters\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2020-06-19T16:04:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T16:04:40","slug":"the-24-laws-of-storytelling-by-jonathan-baldie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.korolov.com\/specficwriters\/2020\/06\/19\/the-24-laws-of-storytelling-by-jonathan-baldie\/","title":{"rendered":"The 24 Laws of Storytelling by Jonathan Baldie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:19% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/24-Laws-Storytelling-Practical-Storytellers-ebook\/dp\/B07JYF9GK8\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41z6lgMQI0L.jpg\" alt=\"The 24 Laws of Storytelling: A Practical Handbook for Great Storytellers by [Jonathan Baldie]\"\/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Great summary of the top things you should watch out for in a book, and very readable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Law 1<\/strong>: Be cruel to your characters<\/li><li><strong>Law 2<\/strong>: End quickly at the moment of catharsis<\/li><li><strong>Law 3:<\/strong> Trust flaws more than strengths<\/li><li><strong>Law 4:<\/strong> Show, don&#8217;t tell<\/li><li><strong>Law 5:<\/strong> Reflect reality in fantasy<\/li><li><strong>Law 6: <\/strong>Make your villain the hero of their story<\/li><li><strong>Law <\/strong>7: Weave foreshadowing into the plot seamlessly<\/li><li><strong>Law 8:<\/strong> Structure your story around change<\/li><li><strong>Law 9:<\/strong> Subvert expectations<\/li><li><strong>Law 10:<\/strong> Conflict is everything<\/li><li><strong>Law 11:<\/strong> Characters must learn from their mistakes<\/li><li><strong>Law 12:<\/strong> Hero and villain must share the same goal<\/li><li><strong>Law 13: <\/strong>Series are a right, not a privilege<\/li><li><strong>Law 14:<\/strong> Make bold choices<\/li><li><strong>Law 15: <\/strong>Tighten relentlessly<\/li><li><strong>Law 16: <\/strong>Humor is always welcome<\/li><li><strong>Law 17: <\/strong>Write along the line of greatest intuition<\/li><li><strong>Law 18:<\/strong> Accord with timeless myths<\/li><li><strong>Law 19: <\/strong>Build tension with a ticking time bomb<\/li><li><strong>Law 20: <\/strong>Concentrate dynamic impact<\/li><li><strong>Law 21: <\/strong>Description is telepathy<\/li><li><strong>Law 22: <\/strong>Great dialogue is about what&#8217;s not said<\/li><li><strong>Law 23: <\/strong>Write proactive characters<\/li><li><strong>Law 24: <\/strong>Point everything to the end and beyond<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/24-Laws-Storytelling-Practical-Storytellers-ebook\/dp\/B07JYF9GK8\/\">Buy on Amazon.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great summary of the top things you should watch out for in a book, and very readable. Here\u2019s the summary: Law 1: Be cruel to your characters Law 2: End quickly at the moment of catharsis Law 3: Trust flaws more than strengths Law 4: Show, don&#8217;t tell Law 5:<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.korolov.com\/specficwriters\/2020\/06\/19\/the-24-laws-of-storytelling-by-jonathan-baldie\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-korolov_qxv7fs","post-1352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-book-recommendations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.korolov.com\/specficwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.korolov.com\/specficwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.korolov.com\/specficwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.korolov.com\/specficwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.korolov.com\/specficwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.korolov.com\/specficwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1353,"href":"https:\/\/www.korolov.com\/specficwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1352\/revisions\/1353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.korolov.com\/specficwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.korolov.com\/specficwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.korolov.com\/specficwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.korolov.com\/specficwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}