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For some writers, just getting the story started is the toughest part. There’s so much you want to say, but...
The first time you experienced the magic of storytelling, odds are it was a personal story you heard in first...
The characters we write in our stories play a central part in the audience’s engagement. Understanding your characters and why...
Pathos is a key aspect of any rhetorician’s approach to their oratory. If you are writing a speech in your...
Picking a perspective is like choosing your weapon before a gladiator match; it limits and defines your style of approach....
Given our lack of omniscience in the land of the living, writing can offer us a liberating chance to experience...
It is human to have blind spots, and often convenient to be in denial about certain aspects of ourselves. This...
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it...
“The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious, you might never come home.” – Jeanette Winterson When...
There are times, as storytellers, when we can be so bull-headed about what we want to express, that we end...
Some of you may be writing ensemble screenplays with multiple storylines and scratching your head wondering who your protagonist is....
“My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest...
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The characters we write in our stories play a central part in the audience’s engagement. Understanding your characters and why...
There are times, as storytellers, when we can be so bull-headed about what we want to express, that we end...
“My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest...
“The curious are always in some danger. If you are curious, you might never come home.” – Jeanette Winterson When...
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it...
“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace.” – Amelia Earhart In Jerry Stahl’s memoir, Permanent Midnight,...
Some of you may be writing ensemble screenplays with multiple storylines and scratching your head wondering who your protagonist is....
It is human to have blind spots, and often convenient to be in denial about certain aspects of ourselves. This...
Story creation often begins with an idea or an image that ignites your imagination. You become curious, wanting to know...
(Image from And Justice for All, 1979) You can’t have story without conflict. As writers, it is important to investigate...
“A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the...
It’s not just first-time novelists or screenwriters that struggle with getting their story from the imagination to the page. Every...
