How To Tell A Great Story. On the whole, the articles listed on this page relate to writing and storytelling.
In the first part, I created a list of articles I wrote that focus on writing a novel. Thereafter, I’ve created an alphabetical list of articles written by others. They have been collected over many years. You are welcome to consider any of the articles listed below for publication in your website/blog/newsletter. Permission is granted to reprint for free with the resource box and byline intact (this information is placed at the bottom of each article). To view the articles, just click on the article you would like to view and you will be taken to the appropriate page. I am aware the list is long. National Storytelling Network.
Storytelling Organizations listed by State What is Storytelling?
An article by the National Storytelling Network How to Become a Storyteller. Free Pictures of People Places Things. Find free photographs of people, places, and things organized in several categories.
Use these free pictures for electronic or print publishing or comps. Check the terms of usage to find out if these free photos are for personal use only or commercial use as well. The 8 Steps of A Great Digital Storytelling Process. March , 2014 Integrating digital storytelling requires more than just knowledge of the web tools to use for creating and sharing digital stories, the process if much more important.
Helping kids and students learn through the use of digital storytelling entails the implementation of a well-paced plan that clearly outlines both the objectives and expectations behind this integration. Samantha Morra (Google certified teacher) has this wonderful visual on the process of digital storytelling. Newcastle Writers Festival. Festival of Children's Literature. The best venue for children's publishers to meet. 🤔 What's the process behind a visual identity for a fair like BCBF?
And how does it feel, as an illustrator, to be chosen to conceive such a work? 👉🏻 To these and other interesting questions is going to answer 'The shapes of primitive. The bearers of ideas by @rasajanciauskaite', the exhibition in partnership with @mimasterillustrazione and focused on the path that the Lithuanian illustrator has taken, together with #Chialab, to get to the visual identity protagonist of the 2020 edition. 🗓 The appointment is scheduled for Monday February 10 from 6pm at the Laboratorio Formentini in Milan's Brera district: Rasa will be there to know you and answer all the questions you want to ask! And for those who can't be with us... Book & Literary Festivals 2017-2018 Calendar. 50 of the Best Websites for Writers. There are tons of reference sites on the web that can help you find a job or write a poem, essay or story.
Here is a list of the best 50 websites for writers. Reference Websites. 10 of My Favorite Writing Craft Sites. The writing journey is all about discovering what works best of for each of us as individual, and very unique, writers.
Learning from others is valuable in helping us glean tips and fit together the puzzle pieces that will form our own writing processes. Today, I’d like to share with you ten of the sites that inspire, educate, and help me refine my process—plus, they’re run by a bunch of super awesome folks! 1. How a Scene List Can Change Your Novel-Writing Life. By the end of this post you will have a nagging urge to use an excel spreadsheet.
Don’t make that face—I know you’re a writer and not a data analyst. Or if you are a data analyst—I get that you’re on this blog to get away from your day job. 6 Ways to Create Riveting Conflict in Your Story. Who says conflict is a bad thing?
Who says world peace is the most important goal of humanity? Who says arguing with your little brother when you’re a kid means you’ll grow up to be an ill-mannered ruffian? Not a writer, that’s for sure! Arguably, the single most important tenet of fiction can be summed up in the saw “no conflict, no story.” Creating Stunning Character Arcs, Pt. 2: The Lie Your Character Believes. People hate change.
We may sit around and wish our lives were different, but when the rubber really starts streaking the tarmac, we usually find ourselves wishing we could just hang out here in our safe and familiar haunts. Characters are no different. They resist change just as staunchly as any of us—which is a good thing. Out of resistance comes conflict; out of conflict comes plot. 3 Types of Character Arcs: Choose the Best for Your Novel. How Does Your Character Change? You know your character must change somehow over the course of your novel. But how? And more than that, how do you sync the changes with the external plot? The middle of a novel can suffer from the dreaded “sagging middle” and it’s mainly because you don’t have a firm handle on the character’s inner arc and how it meshes with external events. I’ve found three approaches to the inner arc, each trying to laying out how the character changes.
Stephen King’s Top 20 Rules for Writing. As you know I in the habit of publishing “writing rules” from various well-known writers as I stumble over them on the web. They won’t write your books for you, but they are food for thought. For what it’s worth here are Stephen King’s. They are more discursive that some, but contain some pearls. Monomyth. Joseph Campbell's monomyth, or the hero's journey, is a basic pattern that its proponents argue is found in many narratives from around the world. This widely distributed pattern was described by Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949).[1] Campbell, an enthusiast of novelist James Joyce, borrowed the term monomyth from Joyce's Finnegans Wake.[2] Campbell held that numerous myths from disparate times and regions share fundamental structures and stages, which he summarized in The Hero with a Thousand Faces: A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.[3] A chart outlining the Hero's Journey.
Summary[edit] In a monomyth, the hero begins in the ordinary world, and receives a call to enter an unknown world of strange powers and events. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations. The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations is a descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti to categorize every dramatic situation that might occur in a story or performance. To do this Polti analyzed classical Greek texts, plus classical and contemporaneous French works.
A Writer’s Cheatsheet to Plot and Structure. How to Structure A Story: The Eight-Point Arc. By Ali Hale - 3 minute read. Fake news. It's complicated. - First Draft News. This article is available also in Deutsch, Español, Français and العربية By now we’ve all agreed the term “fake news” is unhelpful, but without an alternative, we’re left awkwardly using air quotes whenever we utter the phrase. 50 Fictional Days Immortalized in Literature. Today is April 4th, the day on which George Orwell’s 1984 famously begins—in the year 1984, of course (a year that seems rather closer than usual right now).
Book Creator App Review. Storytelling Apps. Storyboard That: The World's Best FREE Online Storyboard Creator. Toonia Storymaker - Learn Storytelling Techniques and Make Picture Books, Comics & Cartoons with Kids Storybook Creator for Boys & Girls on the App Store. Seven Ways to Create a Storymap. WRITING TOOLS. Writers Plot Idea Generator - create a random story line. Breaking News Generator. Cure writer's block with writing prompts, exercises, generators & gizmos. The Character Name Generator: Generate a Character Name and Personality.
BlankPage. Calmly Writer: The Ultimate Distraction-Free Writing Tool. The Character Name Generator: Generate a Character Name and Personality. Your Scene Needs a Problem. By Ken Hughes, @TheKenHughes Part of the How They Do It Series Conflict is a must in every scene, but problems come in a myriad of shapes and sizes. 60 Free Tools for Modern Storytellers. Start Here: How to Get Your Book Published. ToonyTool.com - Create and share cartoons, comics and memes online. Thinglink - Creare Immagini interattive. Storyboard That: The World's Best FREE Online Storyboard Creator.
Tales of the Unexpected Series 1 Episode 5 The Landlady 21 Apr 1979. Crea il tuo ebook online. Book Creator - the simple way to create beautiful ebooks - Book Creator app. ePubEditor. Digital Publishing Platform for Everyone. Cuadernia. World's Best Way to Make & Share Comics. Story maker. 50 Story Starters. Make a Comic.
Storybird - Artful Storytelling. Plotagon - Write a story, make an animated video. Apps for Digital Storytelling - Digital Storytelling with the iPad. Short Story Ideas and Creative Writing Prompts. Here are lots of short story ideas that you can use as writing prompts. Writepop - Science fiction stories, humor, and writing about writing. How To Write A Novel Using The Snowflake Method. Write or Die 2. WRITING TOOLS. LitLift - FREE novel application.
Creative Mind Mapping for Novelists. Brainstorming ideas seems to be one of the hardest stages in the writing process for many novelists. As I discussed in a previous post, this storm of ideas that flash and thunder in our brains often appears unruly and difficult to harness. I introduced the practice of mind mapping, which is used across many disciplines—such as in classrooms for essay writing and in business meetings to problem-solve. Mind mapping can be used in just about any situation when ideas need to be reeled in and transformed into practical application. Mind Map on the Macro and Micro Levels I’ve never seen anyone specifically focus on novel structure or fiction plotting via mind mapping, so I’m going to show you ways I feel mind mapping can be useful for the novelist. Story Generator.
10 Great Tools for Creating eBooks. ZenPen ~ Minimal Distraction, Maximim Zen. Blake Snyder’s Beat Sheet. American Writers: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Myth of Creative Inspiration: Great Artists Don't Wait for Motivation. All Ideas Are Second-Hand: Mark Twain on Plagiarism and Originality, in a Letter to Helen Keller. Character thinking traits sentence starters. Character Resources - Let It Ripple. Hemingway Editor. How to find your writing voice. 8 Bad Habits that Crush Your Creativity and Stifle Your Success.
The 5 Essential Story Ingredients. 11 Plot Pitfalls - And How to Rescue Your Story From Them. How to get story ideas for writing fiction. Story Generator. WRITING TOOLS. Evernote, OneNote, and Beyond: The 12 Best Note-Taking Apps. Glyphr Studio - font design, online. Open Font Library. 10 Great Tools for Creating eBooks. Story Generator. How To Write A Novel Using The Snowflake Method.
LitLift - FREE novel application. 750 Words - Write every day. Evernote, OneNote, and Beyond: The 12 Best Note-Taking Apps. How to Make People Fall in Love With Your Ridiculously Competent Hero. "He Said, She Said": Is There Any Cooler Way To Show Dialog In Fiction? 10 Essential Elements of a Great Escapist Hero. How to Write a Character Sketch. The key to storytelling is not your perfection but your humanity. How To Make Your Characters Pop Without Using Words. 10 Tips And Tricks For Creating Memorable Characters. The Heroine's Journey. Famous Advice on Writing: The Collected Wisdom of Great Writers. Nabokov on Inspiration and the Six Short Stories Everyone Should Read. 18 Quotes for Writers from Ernest Hemingway.
How to Write a Flat Character Arc, Pt. 1: The First Act. How to Be a Writer: Hemingway’s Advice to Aspiring Authors.