tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24527368231508181.post8554512245500026724..comments2018-02-13T08:49:57.152-08:00Comments on after school special: book reportMichael Urbanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00176802499228330136noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24527368231508181.post-47065302756439651422009-03-10T18:45:00.000-07:002009-03-10T18:45:00.000-07:00Mike & other illustrious writers,It's not ...Mike & other illustrious writers,<BR/><BR/>It's not a screenwriting or storywriting book, but I've been reading Joe Sugarman's The Adweek Copywriting Handbook and it's the best resource for sentence structure and reader psychology that I've read.<BR/><BR/>It breaks down the best ways to emotionally and psychologically connect with a reader (or, in our case, viewer) and in 6 years of studying writing it was the first time I've been pushed to reconsider subject/verb/object/compliment.<BR/><BR/>A lot of it is common sense and much of it "vulgar" and manipulative, and I'm not too big on writing books, but I'd recommend at least flipping through it to see if it connects with you. Maybe it's simple ambitions with far-reaching consequences are what made it work for me.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03438359874787679885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24527368231508181.post-49582833660528885302009-03-09T14:05:00.000-07:002009-03-09T14:05:00.000-07:00So true. So, so painfully true.So true. So, so painfully true.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876442131229001992noreply@blogger.com