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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