What are four ways to assure your story is strong?
Base it on a character your audience can empathize with, build tension, offer the right level of detail, and end with a satisfying resolution
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What are four ways to assure your story is strong? | Base it on a character your audience can empathize with, build tension, offer the right level of detail, and end with a satisfying resolution |
| If you're going to tell a story | Know why you are telling it |
| Details in a story should be | Selective. Make your point, be vivid, but don't wander. (or become shaggy) |
| A shaggy dog story is | One that wanders, does not get to the point, gives excessive detail, and uses a lot of "and then..." |
| Each step of your journey should be revealed how? | with humility, honesty, and vulnerability |
| Parable | A carefully designed metaphor meant to teach a lesson. |
| If you force-feed the audience a conclusion, you do what? | Insult their intelligence. |
| Stories resonate deeply in every human if you do what? | Let them mean something. |
| Good language in a story is | Vivid, specific, and clear to engage the audience’s imagination. |
| A well organized and told story has...? | A beginning, middle, and end; the story sets up a question, conflict, or tension that is resolved by the end |