I love these ‘top ten’ lists that condense a lot of information into a short space, so here goes with my story telling list:
1.Understand what the story is about and why you are using it. Ask yourself – Why this story? Why now? Does it fit this audience? Is it the best story for my [...]
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Story telling: Ten Best Tips
Posted in For Toastmasters, For writers, Uncategorized, tagged story telling, top ten on February 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I want it, and I want it NOW
Posted in For writers on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes when I’m writing a story I find that I have made the protagonist, who is the most important person in the story, too ordinary. In my effort to make him a believable character I have actually made him too much like everyone else on the planet. I have to go back and re-work the [...]
What’s Wrong with my Story?
Posted in For writers, tagged action, Character, story on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes when writers find their stories (or even novels) have been rejected, or damned with faint praise they’ll ask “What’s wrong with my story?”
I have had the privilege of critiquing stories quite often and it seems to me that the basic problems fall into one (or more) of three categories. These are just my own [...]
