Inside the Wonder World Lesson 18

Cause and Effect, Part 1

Welcome to my Friday edition of Substack, which features my paid posts: Inside the Wonder World.

Those paid subscribers who stick with me for a year will get a free copy of the book as soon as it’s out.

Inside the Wonder World is the working title of my developing craft book on writing and publishing for young readers. I’m bringing it to you in pieces, both to help you learn something more deeply (lessons and exercises included) and to push me to finish this lofty goal.

Here’s the next lesson!

Have you ever been with friends when one of them starts telling the group about an incident, and pretty soon everyone is drifting off because the story is going nowhere? A story going nowhere is what happens when it’s merely a string of events.

Or you may have read (or written) a story that begins like this: I woke up and after brushing my teeth, grabbed a cup of coffee and the newspaper. And then breakfast. I got dressed and ready for my day.