Story Prompts Meet Social Media
“I’ve seen plenty of Web sites that offer story prompts. In fact, I keep intending to create a Story Prompts section on A Storied Career.
But Plinky is the first story-prompt site I’ve seen that combines story prompts with social media.
In fact, Plinky doesn’t frame its prompts as prompts for stories or even writing — but rather for Web content.”
37 Seconds to Great Storytelling
“We tell you about the power of stories quite a bit. And now we’re able to see what happens in our brains when we encounter a compelling story.
But how do you learn to tell these types of stories? Often, just by studying great ones.
Take 37 seconds to read this one:”
How Mariano Rivera Dominates Hitters
The NY Times did a great job on this graphical story.
“It’s very easy to get carried away while writing a story especially if you haven’t written an outline. The simplest thing that can be overlooked is logic. Does what you’ve written make logical sense?
Everything that happens in your story should be a direct result of the conflict arising between two people. When you remain true to the characters and the story you’re telling, it will flow naturally and these inconsistencies will fall away. ”
This is pretty interesting site.
“Welcome to Myths and Legends. This site is for pupils, teachers and all those who enjoy stories and storytelling. The British Isles is rich in myths, folktales and legends. Almost every town, city and village in Britain has its own special story, be it a Celtic legend, Dark Age mystery, strange happening or fable.”
Q&A with a Story Guru: Kindra Hall: The Key To Tranforming a Written Story into an Oral Performance
Terrific interview. Two very talented women, interviewee and interviewer.
“Here is my perspective on the relationship between the orally delivered story and the written one. The No. 1 challenge for someone who is telling a story orally that they have already written: It is easy to become more focused on the WORDS — less focused on the STORY.
By nature, when you write a story, you spend a certain amount of time going back and getting the words just right. They need to flow, they need to express emotion, and the words carry the full weight of transferring the meaning of the story to the listener. You choose these words carefully. Fortunately, you have time to make these edits. You are in the comfort of your own home.”
Tools for Writing 5 – FreeMind
“As a very quick introduction for the uninitiated, mind mapping allows you to connect thoughts and ideas to a central concept and then connect and re-organise those ideas in a non-linear manner allowing increasing levels of detail. It’s like an ever-expanding tree of ideas, notes, concepts, reminders and thoughts, specifically arranged around a central concept.”
Does Your Startup Have A Good Story?
“Never underestimate the importance of having a good story when pitching your startup to potential investors, clients, partners, and journalists. As Seth Godin writes in his 2005 bestseller All Marketers Are Liars, “Either you’re going to tell stories that spread or you’re going to become irrelevant.”
Why simple storytelling is often the best
“When learning the craft of storytelling, we’re often tempted to leap straight into some disastrously complex narrative.
‘It’s this documentary about a guy who needs to overcome his fear of heights to skydive for charity, but we won’t reveal he’s actually got a phobia until near the end, but then there’s also this secondary storyline…’
The problem of course is you spend an age designing a narrative so complex, your audience are gone.”
“More than ever business leaders require the flexibility to adapt to a changing environment. Michael G Jacobides recommends that they become playwrights and produce a script to recreate the actions, motives and decisions of their companies.
Stories are more powerful and flexible than value curves and, more importantly, they help us make sense of our environment and how it changes. This simple insight has been all-but lost over the past two decades, as strategy scholars and consulting firms have emphasised tools, visual representations and metrics to capture the business environment.”
A Primer on Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
“A lot of modern theory on what makes a good story is based on the work of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell, both of whom were fascinated with mythology and religion. Several writing books have capitalized the Jung/Campbell concepts, most notably Chris Vogler’s The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers.Others include Victoria Lynn Schmidt’s 45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters and The Complete Writer’s Guide to Heroes and Heroines by Tami D. Cowden, Caro LaFever, and Sue Viders.”
Absolutely fascinating.
“In the future, reading and writing will be a social activity, the hierarchy between authors and readers will disappear, readers will help write a book while they’re reading it. Skeptical? You’re not the first. Bob Stein of The Institute for the Future of the Book is used to skepticism, but he’s seen the future and he’s here to talk about it.”
This is some pretty good storytelling.
TED is just a terrific event and resource. This is a nice little mashup.
Why Do Great KM Programs Fail?
This is a terrific read.
“The choices here are to brace your program—and your own career—for the inevitable death blow, or persuade the organization to embrace radical management.
Neither choice is easy. But that’s what is at stake.”
