The Story Book: Plot, Character, Setting, Genre, Narrative, & Devices: The Ultimate Writer's Toolkit

Drawing together six acclaimed pocket guides by educator and lecturer Amy Jones, The Story Book is the definitive companion for anyone who wants to craft compelling fiction. Packed with examples, diagrams, insights, and instantly usable techniques, this unique volume is a mentor, reference guide, and literary map all rolled into one. Whether you’re exploring your first plot twist or refining your twentieth novel, The Story Book will help you write with confidence, clarity, and creative joy. Your stories start here.

Amy Jones heads a leading English department in a Somerset college, where she lectures in linguistics, literature, and creative writing as well as podcast writing, poetry, and narrative theory. She is also the author of Literary Devices, Plot, Narrative, and Character in this series.