There are two pillars to effective immersion and emotional draw. Immersion is what transports readers into your story world. Emotional draw is what keeps them there.This book will take you deep into the craft workshop of the Darling Axe's two senior editors. Michelle and David's core editorial philosophy is every element of a story must serve the reader's experience.First Pillar topics:o the contradictory writer's maxim of and "show, don't tell and "o intersections of voice and POVo head hoppingo settingo world building across genreso crafting a strong hooko backstoryo immersive descriptiono body languageo dialogueo filter words or filter verbso pacing at the level of scene and chapterSecond Pillar topics:o intersections of plot and charactero finding a narrative goalo the psychology of characterizationo plot complexity or secondary plotlineso the art of narrative structure and the power of plot pointso the hero's journey and three-act structureo the connection between inciting incident and climaxo causality in fiction and narrative nonfictiono symbolism and themeo crafting the perfect ending