THE MONOCLED ELK HAS BEEN RELEASED INTO THE WILD.
Hey, I wrote a book! You’ve probably heard me mouthing off about it.
This book is Damn Fine Story: Mastering the Tools of a Powerful Narrative.
It is not, precisely, a book about writing advice.
Rather, it is a book about storytelling.
Further, it’s a book about why we tell stories, how we tell them, and what we can do to tell them in a way that is clear, clever, and confident. It’s about understanding the shape of narrative and letting characters be architects, not architecture. It talks about the value of theme — giving your story an argument and a deeper point to make. It’s about how, while formats change, the bones of story are the same. It’s about squirrel sex talks, wayward surfer dogs, Star Wars, Die Hard, missing pinky fingers, the jokes of 4-year-olds, and lots and lots of really weird footnotes*.
I hope you like it.
You can find it here:
Indiebound | Amazon | B&N
Amongst other places where disreputable, deviant books are sold.
As always, if you dig it — or any of my books, or really, any book by any author you’ve enjoyed — please leave a review, tell a friend, yell your adoration into the ear of a magic goat, whatever you gotta do to share the love.
And again, if you’re out on the Leftmost Coast, you can find me at a trio of events with Kevin Hearne and Fran Wilde —
October 17th, San Francisco, Borderlands Books, 6pm — details here.
October 18th, Portland/Beaverton, Powell’s Books, 7pm — details here.
October 19th, Seattle, University Temple Church, 7pm — details here.
* no, really
Steven Cowles says:
Amazon.com says tomorrow for me, but there’s always that shiny pre-order button…
October 17, 2017 — 8:25 AM
terribleminds says:
Oh my. Looking into it!
October 17, 2017 — 10:42 AM
Steven Cowles says:
Whatever you did, it seems to have worked.
My pre-order’s been delivered & it all looks good on site now.
October 17, 2017 — 3:35 PM
Christopher M. Rose says:
Hey Mr. Wendig,
We’d love to have you for a reading at Charm City Spec! Please @ us at @charmcityspec and we can discuss it!
http://www.charmcityspec.com
Thanks!
Chris Rose
October 17, 2017 — 9:53 AM
Yeppah says:
I recieved mine two weeks ago! (Sweden)
Lots of good advice – and even more fun!
Thank You!
October 17, 2017 — 1:34 PM
Victor Ho says:
i got it a few days earlier because amazon is weird and delivered in early (?). absolutely enjoying it so far.
October 18, 2017 — 1:25 PM
Robin Claire says:
I got mine! Love the crazy footnotes – terrific feature. We see eye to eye on Die Hard. I break that movie down constantly to people who ask how to craft a good story.
Sorry I couldn’t catch you at the San Francisco event. I love that bookstore.
October 18, 2017 — 1:38 PM
Disastrous says:
Bought it, read it, loved it like an elk loves belly fat. It really clarified many things I’ve been struggling with while planning the novel I hope to finish by year’s end; primarily, how to tell a damn fine story. It amazes me how many books on writing miss the point of storytelling. Instead of showing me all the parts that make up an engine, your book stomped on the accelerator and blew my dress up. Err, I mean, no pants right? Anyway, thanks for the great read. I’ll return to it often.
October 25, 2017 — 10:05 AM
terribleminds says:
Thank you!
October 25, 2017 — 10:36 AM