NoelBWrites

Noel B

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NoelBWrites
@NoelBWrites

I finished "The Science Of Storytelling" and it was Not Worth It

I'm organizing my notes to do a write-up but this is the kind of thing I wrote down:

  • this book truly is the author going “pattern seeking brain goes brrrr” without a hint of awareness
  • that’s not how code or brains work or anything
  • SIGH
  • Jordan Peterson my beloathed
  • extremely not what Tolstoy was getting at
  • where are the sources
  • this book reads like a slightly less overtly racist Ben Shapiro explaining in detail why he failed as a screenwriter
  • why are the sources
  • my kingdom for a footnote
  • enlightened centrism?? In MY writing craft book? Is more likely than you think

So I don't know how useful the write-up will be. For me or anyone.

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kirbymacintosh
@kirbymacintosh

I once read a book that claimed to teach good storytelling via “brain science.” I don’t remember what it was called but I do remember it was not very good. Occasionally there’d be a useful bit of information but it was mostly a condescending author talking about how objectively correct her method was. Between that book and your list of issues for this one I think any self-help book on writing that claims to have scientific backing for its methods should be met with extreme skepticism

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adorablesergal
@adorablesergal

Neuroscience tends to be filled with a lot of big oofs mixed in with occasionally useful information. I'm trying to remember which author I read who promoted a neurological basis for teen girls hooking up with older men, and I was like, DUDE. It might have been Steven Pinker, but I could be wrong.

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