Kristine D. /Tuesday Can I go along for the ride or take a walk or be at a meeting, a trial, or a funeral? Go along to experience what the subject does. Is something going to happen? Ask questions as if you were there…how did you feel after the accident? Ask about emotions and feelings. Are you nervous? Is the place important is the action important, or is person important? Depends on audience what is relevant? Will there be interaction between my character and others? Is it interesting to the story? We create the dialogue. Do I want to tell the story around one scene or five minutes or a whole day, or perhaps follow someone for a period of time? Larger complicated stories are told in multiple scenes, smaller stories in one. Does the character have an epiphany? The idea is for people to make some sort of discovery What’s the big idea? Focus on others, what is their opinion idea or story?
Mark Kramer Before selecting topic think about who is reading the story. What will intrigue them? After selecting topic, secure good access. You have to have access to the “experts”. Find the unfolding action and that will provide the narrative line. Create a central theme. Find hints of character in the action. Find interesting things about them. ( Choose unique things to make story interesting.) Find the right scene details through good sensory reporting. Sight sound smell touch and taste help set strong scenes. Pinpoint your subjects emotional experience, not your own. Consider the readers response. Rigorously research your story’s context. Find out about the person or subject you are focusing on. Trust and verify. Late in process crystallize point of story….trim the fluff Refine difference between your views and the subject’s views. Make clear your subjects view. Cherish the structural ideas and metaphors that come to you while you are reporting. Be creative in the drafting and telling of your story.
Kristine D. /Tuesday
ReplyDeleteCan I go along for the ride or take a walk or be at a meeting, a trial, or a funeral? Go along to experience what the subject does.
Is something going to happen? Ask questions as if you were there…how did you feel after the accident? Ask about emotions and feelings. Are you nervous?
Is the place important is the action important, or is person important? Depends on audience what is relevant?
Will there be interaction between my character and others? Is it interesting to the story? We create the dialogue.
Do I want to tell the story around one scene or five minutes or a whole day, or perhaps follow someone for a period of time? Larger complicated stories are told in multiple scenes, smaller stories in one.
Does the character have an epiphany? The idea is for people to make some sort of discovery
What’s the big idea? Focus on others, what is their opinion idea or story?
Mark Kramer
Before selecting topic think about who is reading the story. What will intrigue them?
After selecting topic, secure good access. You have to have access to the “experts”.
Find the unfolding action and that will provide the narrative line. Create a central theme.
Find hints of character in the action. Find interesting things about them. ( Choose unique things to make story interesting.)
Find the right scene details through good sensory reporting. Sight sound smell touch and taste help set strong scenes.
Pinpoint your subjects emotional experience, not your own. Consider the readers response.
Rigorously research your story’s context. Find out about the person or subject you are focusing on. Trust and verify.
Late in process crystallize point of story….trim the fluff
Refine difference between your views and the subject’s views. Make clear your subjects view.
Cherish the structural ideas and metaphors that come to you while you are reporting. Be creative in the drafting and telling of your story.