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Narrative Writing
Daniel Flower
Mini-discussion
http://3oneseven.com/29/singin-in-the-rain/
Why do we tell stories?
What makes a story great?
encapsulate
information, knowledge,
context, and emotion.
--Don Norman, Things That Make Us Smart
danorbit.
Stories are important
cognitive events, for they
JD Hancock
Language
Stories Use Concrete
Concrete language grabs
attention by appealing to the
five senses.
Stronger imagery creates
deeper impressions on a
reader.
Yau Hoong Tang
Need Details? Use the RENNS Model
Reasons
Why did something happen? Why did someone do
something?
Why did something happen? Why did someone do
something?
Why did something happen? Why did someone do
something?
Why did something happen? Why did someone do
something?
Why did something happen? Why did someone do
something?
Examples How did it happen? How did someone do something?How did it happen? How did someone do something?How did it happen? How did someone do something?How did it happen? How did someone do something?How did it happen? How did someone do something?
Names Who was involved? Where did it happen?Who was involved? Where did it happen?Who was involved? Where did it happen?Who was involved? Where did it happen?Who was involved? Where did it happen?
Numbers When did it happen? How many were involved?When did it happen? How many were involved?When did it happen? How many were involved?When did it happen? How many were involved?When did it happen? How many were involved?
Senses
hearing
(auditory)
sight
(visual)
smell
(olfactory)
touch
(tactile)
taste
(gustatory)
TheRENNS Model
Random Characters1_milano
light and dark, shades and hues,
visible shape and appearance
Sight
timitalia
The restaurant was shaped like a big bottle, though squatter than a
real bottle, and on its cap was a revolving figure of a grinning
boy holding a hamburger aloft.
--Joyce Carol Oates, “Where are you Going, Where have you Been?”
Thomas Hawk
SmellOften used metaphorically
Andrew Morrell Photography
...I remembered clearest of all...how the bedroom smelled of
the lumber it was made of and of the wet woods whose scent
entered through the screen. --E.B. White, “Once More to the Lake”
James Jordan
Gustatory, detecting flavor--related to smell
Taste
ani-bee
...the walking boots that taste
of Atlantic and Pacific salt...
--Robert Frost, “A Record Stride”
striatic
Soundvolume
tone
word choice
Vox Efx
...there came to my ears a low,
dull, quick sound, such as a
watch makes when enveloped
in cotton.... It was the beating
of the old man's heart.
--Edgar Allan Poe, “The Tell Tale Heart”
alvaro tapia hidalgo
Touch
emotion (tension, reactions)
Tactile experience and
Shemer
You grasp the bark by a rugged pleat,
And look up small from the forest's feet.
--Robert Frost, “On Going Unnoticed”
ben matthews
Ira Glass: A Story’s Building Blocks
713 Avenue
...you can feel through its form [that it's] inherently like
being on a train that has a destination...and that
you're going to find something..." --Ira Glass
The Anecdote
96dpi
The Moment of Reflection
cambiodefractal
Robert McKee’s
Commandments
of storytelling
yoppy
Thou shalt not take the climax
Βethan
out of the protagonist’s hands
Thou Shalt Not Make Life Easy For The Protagonist
Thou shalt not use false mystery or surprise
practicalowl
Respect Thine
Audience
yozz!
Have a god like knowledge of your universe
Use Complexity Rather
Than Complication
Thuany Gabriela
Thou Shalt Take Your Characters To The End Of The Line
emma.c
Thou Shalt Not Write On The Nose Dialogue
B Rosen
Thou Shalt Dramatize Thine Exposition
My Melting Brain
Thou shalt
rewrite
pj_vanf
becca.peterson26
simulate and to inspire.
--Chip & Dan Heath, Made to Stick
Stories have the amazing dual power to

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