title: The Secrets of Story: Innovative Tools for Perfecting Your Fiction and Captivating Readers
author:  Matt Bird 
description: Matt Bird has an MFA in screenwriting from Columbia University. He lives and writes in Chicago where he and his wife Betsy are raising two delightful little kids.
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  Copyright © 2020 Jasper T Scott and Nathan Hystad All rights reserved.
  
  
  No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in
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  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, incidents,
  organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either products of the author’s
  imagination or are used fictitiously.
  
  
  
  
  
  Cover Art by Tom Edwards
  
  
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  Edited by: Scarlett R. Algee
  
  
  Acknowledgments
  
  
  
  
  
  We’d like to thank everyone who contributed to this book in some way. Giving
  credit where it’s due, our editors Scarlett Algee and Christen Hyst