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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.com www.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/pmphoto Front 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 2011049478 eISBN: 978-1-60774-246-3 v3.1 To my children, Annie and Peter, the best storytellers I know. Cover Title Page Copyright Dedicatio......