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Science and Stories: an Unlikely Alliance?

The first rush of readers downloading From Apes to Apps: How Humans Evolved as Storytellers and Why it Matters, were writers. Not surprising that writers want to understand how stories affect their readers, but this ebook is in the BiteSize … Continue reading

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5 Essentials for a One-page Synopsis

  Capture the heart of your story and make it beat in 300 words. In last week’s post I wrote about 6 Good Reasons to Write a One-page Synopsis, including ways to use it in promotion and marketing. (If you … Continue reading

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6 Good Reasons to Write a One-page Synopsis

“Writing the synopsis was harder than writing the book!” How often have you heard that, or said it yourself? An even greater challenge is a one-page synopsis, but there are huge benefits to tackling it whether you write fiction, non-fiction, … Continue reading

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From Apes to Apps: How Humans Evolved as Storytellers and Why it Matters

Our brains are structured to understand the world around us in the form of stories. How could this have happened? And why is that important to us now? Today, Collca released my latest ebook, From Apes to Apps: How Humans … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Dear Blog

It’s a year since I joined Twitter and started my tree house website. My friend still loves to remind me of our conversation – one of many in the same vein – shortly before this event, “Trish, you need broadband, … Continue reading

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