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> [“You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) that will force the protagonist to put his money where his mouth is. Think baptism by ever-escalating fire.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-cron/you-cherry-pick-events-that-are-relevant-to-the-story-question-and/)

[Lisa Cron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-cron/)

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## More by Lisa Cron

> [“...what draws us into a story and keeps us there is the firing of our dopamine neurons, signaling that intriguing information is on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-cron/what-draws-us-into-a-story-and-keeps-us-there-is-the-firing-of-our/)

[Lisa Cron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-cron/)

> [“You cherry-pick events that are relevant to the story question and construct a gauntlet of challenge (read: the plot) that will force the protagonist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-cron/you-cherry-pick-events-that-are-relevant-to-the-story-question-and/)

[Lisa Cron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-cron/)

> [“Stories are about people who are uncomfortable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-cron/stories-are-about-people-who-are-uncomfortable/)

[Lisa Cron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-cron/)

> [“Before there were books, we read each other.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-cron/before-there-were-books-we-read-each-other/)

[Lisa Cron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-cron/)

> [“Each thing you add to your story is a drop of paint falling into clear water; it spreads through and colors everything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-cron/each-thing-you-add-to-your-story-is-a-drop-of-paint-falling-into/)

[Lisa Cron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-cron/)

> [“Remember, when we're lost in a story, we're not passively reading about something that's happening to someone else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-cron/remember-when-we-re-lost-in-a-story-we-re-not-passively-reading-about/)

[Lisa Cron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-cron/)

> [“Think of each detail as an egg. The writer keeps tossing them at us, one after another, seemingly unaware of the growing number of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-cron/think-of-each-detail-as-an-egg-the-writer-keeps-tossing-them-at-us/)

[Lisa Cron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-cron/)

> [“what we’re hoping for in that opening sentence is the sense that something is about to change (and not necessarily for the better). Simply”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-cron/what-we-re-hoping-for-in-that-opening-sentence-is-the-sense-that/)

[Lisa Cron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-cron/)

> [“If I ask you to think about something, you can decide not to. But if I make you feel something? Now I have your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-cron/if-i-ask-you-to-think-about-something-you-can-decide-not-to-but-if-i/)

[Lisa Cron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-cron/)

> [“Stories not only give us a much needed practice on figuring out what makes people tick, they give us insight into how we tick.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-cron/stories-not-only-give-us-a-much-needed-practice-on-figuring-out-what/)

[Lisa Cron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-cron/)

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