Tim Sheppard's Storytelling Resources for Storytellers. John Crowley Little and Big - The List. This is the reading list I have compiled with the help of all of you.
Now that I am just about to press PASTE and stick it in I remember that there was an animadversion -- I guess -- to Chatwin's Songlines with a knowledgable alternative, which I will use. Italics have not survived the paste. I've excluded all fiction, and not used books I thought were too hard or were off the specific topic of Cultures We Really Evolved that are Stranger Than Any You can Think of. You will notice with what art I have, in my descriptions, implied but not averred that I have read all these. Something you pick up in academic circles. The Night Battles, Carlo Ginzburg. The Art of Memory, Frances Yates. Mad Travellers, Ian Hacking. Sons of Sinbad, Allan Villiers. Story Starters, Creative Writing Ideas for Fiction. Looking for story starters and creative writing ideas?
You've just struck gold. Here you'll find an endless supply of inspiration. Bye-bye, Writer's Block. Take a moment to bookmark this page so that you can find it again whenever you need new ideas. Also be sure to check out our free 3-day online creative writing course, Endless Story Ideas, which will show you techniques to come up with new fiction ideas whenever you need them. Do you like this page? Story Starters Not sure what to write about? Or get started with these Ideas for Characters, Ideas for Plots, and "What If" Story Starters. Find out about two magic phrases that make it easy to come up with great story ideas. Get 20 ideas that answer the question, "What happens next? " Browse Story Prompts About Obsessions, Life Changes, Talents, Travel, Relationships, Secrets and Habits. Use our fun Story Ideas Kit to create mix-and-match story plots. If you're looking for more detailed creative writing ideas, read on.
And... Break it down. Thirty Question Character Survey. Story and Narrative. Character Creation Made Easy, Pick a Personality-Method 6-MBTI Profiles. 25 Everyday Things You Never Knew Had Names: Pics, Videos, Links, News. 25 Things You Should Know About Word Choice. 1.
A Series Of Word Choices Here’s why this matters: because both writing and storytelling comprise, at the most basic level, a series of word choices. Words are the building blocks of what we do. They are the atoms of our elements. They are the eggs in our omelets. 2. Words are like LEGO bricks: the more we add, the more we define the reality of our playset. 3. You know that game — “Oh, you’re cold, colder, colder — oh! 4. Think of it like a different game, perhaps: you’re trying to say as much as possible with as few words as you can muster. 5. Finding the perfect word is as likely as finding a downy-soft unicorn with a pearlescent horn riding a skateboard made from the bones of your many enemies.
80 Journal Writing Prompts. Stupid Writer Tricks. The writer’s mind is an unruly chimp.
He steals your beer. He throws your Sports Illustrated football phone through the glass patio door. He defecates in your blender and makes a monkey dung smoothie. He mauls you and eats your extremities. Like I said: unruly. The only way Mister Tinkles is going to stop making your life a living hell is if you get down to some hardcore chimpanzee training techniques. Same goes with taming your writer brain. These are little tips, tricks and techniques that bear minimal relation to one another except for the common bond that each are geared toward Finishing The Shit You Done Started, Wordmongers.
Let us open the cabinet of curiosities. The Mini Tiny Itty Bitty Micro Outline Two words: trail of breadcrumbs. That said, do consider the option of the micro-outline. Here’s how it works: when you stop your writing for the day, take five or ten minutes to write a quick slapdash paragraph of what you plan on accomplishing during your next day’s worth of writing. 25 Things You Should Know About Character. Previous iterations of the “25 Things” series: 25 Things Every Writer Should Know 25 Things You Should Know About Storytelling And now… Here you’ll find the many things I believe — at this moment!
— about characters: 105 Writing Tips from Professional Writers - StumbleUpon.