99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in
Style by Matt Madden
Brilliant!
99 Ways to Tell a Story is a series of engrossing one-page comics that tell
the same story ninety-nine different ways. Inspired by Raymond Queneaus
1947 Exercises in Style, a mainstay of creative writing courses, Maddens
project demonstrates the expansive range of possibilities available to all
storytellers. Readers are taken on an enlightening tour-sometimes
amusing, always surprising -through the world of the story. Writers and
artists in every media will find Maddens collection especially useful, even
revelatory. Here is a chance to see the full scope of opportunities available
to the storyteller, each applied to a single scenario: varying points of view,
visual and verbal parodies, formal reimaginings, and radical shuffling of the
basic components of the story. Maddens amazing series of approaches
will inspire storytellers to think through and around obstacles that might
otherwise prevent them from getting good ideas onto the page. 99 Ways to
Tell a Story provides a model that will spark productive conversations

among all types of creative people: novelists, screenwriters, graphic
designers, and cartoonists.
Personal Review: 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style by
Matt Madden
I need to preface my review with this: I am not usually
a comic-book-reader. It is not that I don't appreciate
the art form, I simply never really think about comics
nor do I consider graphic novels among my preferred
genre.
I picked it off the shelf without looking inside, I
thought, "Hmmm, perspective - let me check this out"
as I had just taught a writing workshop using different
perspectives and was astonished to find the insights,
awarenesses and "a-ha's" the exercises had upon
my students.
Well, they haven't seen anything yet in comparison to
what they will be able to connect with upon experiencing
Madden's brilliance in this simple book.
This book would be excellent for people whose job includes
telling a story - it would also serve and be beneficial
for those who are wanting to increase in problem solving
ability and think differently.
One of the intriguing bonuses is learning a lot of new
words (like "Emanata" - a purely comic book term - read
the sources in the back for a complete definition.)
As a creative person, it opens up all sorts of different
approaches, thus inspiring the reader-creative-maven to
approach their art differently....which is the
foundation of any life or artistic growth and
transformation.
The first word I scribbled on my page as I was reading
this volume was "Brilliant!" and that summarizes this
book perfectly.
Brilliant!
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