The document discusses loneliness and storytelling. It contains a poem that says loneliness cannot be avoided through things like eating or sex, but must be made friends with. The document instructs readers to write a story to help people avoid loneliness, with passion and in a way that creates a reading experience. It provides tips on choosing story elements like characters and perspectives. Readers are also asked to consider what makes them furious, sad, or happy. The document outlines typical story roles and plot stages to help structure stories.

1. Loneliness cannot be eluded
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2. o …better than what
your reader likes to
do best
o …save your life
o …exactly that what
you would write if
you knew you’d die
after writing its last
sentence
YOUR STORY HAS TO BE…
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3. o…turn the
reading into an
experience
o…write
passionately
o…write with full
concentration
SO YOU, THE WRITER, HAS TO…
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4. A child cries
A child cries
From fear of loneliness.
Go near it
And fill its sleep with stories
So that it will forget.
We have to learn to make friends with
Loneliness: it cannot be eluded
Through eating
Or sex
It is a shadow
Following us from morning onwards.
- Subagio Sastrowardoyo -
EXERCISE 1
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5. EXERCISE 1
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Write (a part of) a story that will help to elude loneliness.
Make this the best thing ever written – so that the reader will forget
everything else.
o Write passionately and create a reading experience
o Show don’t tell!
o Write with your body!
o Choose consciously:
• Storyteller
• Storytelling voice
• Focalisator(s)
• Place and time

6. EXERCISE 2
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What makes you furious?

7. EXERCISE 3
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What makes you sad?

8. PLACE AND MEANING
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What makes you happy?

9. 1. Desire
2. Ability
3. Action
4. Consequences
REMEMBERl THE FOUR STAGES OF THE
PLOT
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10. Six roles
 Main character
 A goal
 A reason
 Opponent(s)
 Helper(s)
 Someone who profits
Four stages
 Desire
 Ability
 Action
 Results
CHECKLIST FOR YOUR STORY
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11. EXERCISE 5
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Fill in the checklist for your story

12. o Be clear
o Give your plot a
logical structure
o Facts should be
correct (research!)
o Your story must have
a point
o Your hero must have
a goal
o 4 stages
DIRECT YOUR READER!
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13. o Writing is about passion,
not about rules
o Writing well is sticking your
middle finger up to the
world, so also to the rules
of writing
o Don’t believe everything I
tell you
BUT…
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