Bait and Switch by Larry Brooks
August 26th, 2011 • Related • Filed Under
Larry Brooks, in addition to being an acclaimed and seasoned author, manages a website called Storyfix.com. He advocates a structured style to fiction writing with plot points and midpoint shifts, along with pinch points. I have followed Brooks for about a year, and have learned plenty. I had always struggled with the Midpoint Shift, that is until I read Bait and Switch, an intriguing novel of deception and corruption. The Midpoint Shift in this book hit me like a sledge hammer to the forehead. Now I get it!
I won’t give you any spoilers, but if you love thrillers with a distinctive, edgy voice and want to see story structure in the purest form, read Bait and Switch. You won’t be disappointed and if you are a writer, you will learn a thing or two.
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