More on The Help

Want to learn more about the writing in The Help? Larry Brooks @ Storyfix has "deconstructed" the book. He breaks it down so we can understand what makes the story so great.

The Help Structure

The Help by Kathryn Stockett in a library/theater near you

How many of you read The Help, raise your hands?

A few facts about "The Help":

• Kathryn's first novel. 
• On the #1 NY bestsellers for over a year.
• Currently on the #1 NY bestseller list for paperbacks.
• Being made into a movie due out in August.
• Rejected by 45 agents.

Read the last fact one more time. I'll wait.
Yup. Rejected by 45 agents.

Keep moving forward, my writerly friends. Keep moving forward. You. Can. Do. This!