This document discusses creative thinking and storytelling. It defines creativity and storytelling, noting that a powerful story evokes a response by inspiring thought and action. A good story contains unique storylines, engaging plots, real or larger-than-life characters, surprise elements, and lucid narration. Schools may limit creativity by focusing only on careers like engineering and medicine instead of arts. Impactful stories break paradigms, maintain interest through simple storylines and detailed characterizations, create emotional attachment, include surprise elements, and have lucid narration. The creative process involves experiences, incubation, insights, distillation, and formation. The author's career and books connecting with readers are briefly outlined.

1. Creative Thinking
&
Storytelling

2. •What is Storytelling?
Once upon a time …………………………………..

3. Larger than Life : Male Protagonist

4. Compassionate Characterization

5. Lucid Narration

6. What does a Powerful Story Contain?
• Unique Storyline
• Engaging Plot
• Real Life Characters
• Surprise Element
• Close to reality OR Fantasy
• Narration
• Learning
• Presentation
• Packaging……. ??

7. A Powerful Story is that Story which evokes a
Response!
• It inspires you to Think!
• It inspires you to Act!

8. What is Creative Thinking
Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something
new and somehow valuable is formed.
The created item may be intangible (such as
an idea, a scientific theory, a musical
composition, or a joke) or a physical object (such
as an invention, a literary work, or a painting).
Source : Wikipedia

9. Do Schools kill Creativity?
• School Curriculum is designed to make us
Engineers, Doctors, CA’s…… people who
support the industry.
• We hardly teach “Arts as a Career”.
Sir Ken Robinson

10. Which are the Stories which make
IMPACT
Simple – Simple Storyline helps maintain
interest throughout
Characterizations : Pure Real Life or Larger than
Life but the detailing should be such that they
seem to be LIVE.
Emotional attachment – Reader must be able to
see him/her to be part of story. It should talk of
readers Pain or Aspirations.

11. Which are the Stories which make
IMPACT
Surprise Element : A surprise element binds the
reader throughout.
Narration : Narration should be Lucid.
However…………………. The Stories which make
IMPACT are :

12. Which are the Stories which make
IMPACT
Stories which
BREAK PARADIGM
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13. The Creative Process for a Story
Experience
Incubation
Insights
Distillation
Formation
Evaluation
Discuss the background process of my book : My Dad’s Contract Marriage
Ideas which
remain after
distillation
are the
Strongest
Stories out
of
Experiences

14. Author Profile
• Saurabh’s tryst with his career so far is not only note-worthy but also
exemplary. A placid personal self, he has been consistent in the undulating
demands of the profession. His journey as a writer does not come as a
surprise to many who know him from his initial years.
• His passion for writing had resulted in his first ever fiction –
It’s Destiny, My Love. His flair for writing is easy to absorb and
touches the heart. His stories connect with the readers in such a way that
they feel part of it, having a far-reaching effect on their psyches.
• His next book : My Dad’s Contract Marriage touches the
sensitive topic of “Separation”. It’s a story of a child whose parents are
separating and ask him to choose “one” of the parents.
• Connect @ http://saurabhleekha.blogspot.in/: twitter : itsdestinymylov

15. •Thanks
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