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Make Your Story Matter
An Interactive Guide to Unlocking Your Brain's Storytelling Power and Writing a Book Readers Love
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You’ve got a story inside you—but writing it feels impossible. What if writing didn’t have to be a struggle? What if all you had to do was harness your brain's natural storytelling instincts to craft the book you’ve always dreamed of? If you’re having trouble bringing...
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You’ve got a story inside you—but writing it feels impossible.
What if writing didn’t have to be a struggle? What if all you had to do was harness your brain's natural storytelling instincts to craft the book you’ve always dreamed of?
If you’re having trouble bringing your story to life, the problem isn’t you. It’s that you’ve been buried under a mountain of rigid rules, theory, and advice that contradicts itself.
In Make Your Story Matter, writing coach and popular YouTuber Abbie Emmons shares a refreshing new method that fuses brain science with storytelling to help you write a book with heart, power, and impact.
With over half a million writers in her online community, Abbie has helped storytellers all over the world craft novels that resonate using the Who, What, Why Method—a simple but powerful 3-step framework rooted in psychology.
With this method, you’ll learn to:
- Break free from rigid writing rules and harness your brain’s natural storytelling instincts
- Transform raw ideas into emotionally compelling stories
- Craft complex, magnetic characters that readers connect with and care about
- Outline gut-gripping plots that hook readers from the opening sentence to the final page
- Find your unique voice and make it unforgettable
- Beat creative burnout and reconnect with the joy of writing
Featuring templates, guided exercises, and a printable workbook, this book gives you a repeatable method and a reliable way to stay focused and energized, even when the writing gets tough. By the final page, you’ll have a clear roadmap to writing a story that matters—to you, to your readers, and to the world.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781637748909
Publisher: BenBella Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 August 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: BenBella Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 360
About the Author
Abbie Emmons has been writing stories ever since she could hold a pencil. What started as an intrinsic love for storytelling became her lifelong passion. For over seven years, Emmons has been sharing her wisdom on her YouTube channel (@AbbieEmmons), where she teaches writers how to make their stories matter by harnessing the power and psychology of storytelling to transform their ideas into masterpieces.
Drawing on her passion for psychology and neuroscience, she’s made it her mission to decode the “story instincts” we all naturally possess. What started as a personal quest to improve her writing skills has overflowed into a vibrant online community of half a million passionate writers who have connected with Emmons’s creed to “make your story matter.” Emmons went on to launch Abbie’s Story University, an online learning platform that has attracted thousands of students worldwide. Through monthly live lectures and in-depth courses, Abbie’s Story University offers comprehensive instruction on creative writing, editing, publishing, and more, nurturing a thriving community of writers dedicated to honing their craft.
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