1. The Mystory of
Story…

2. HI!

3. RED

4. BLUE

8. What business are agents into?
The business of
REJECTION

9. HOW MANY SUBMISSIONS DO THEY GET IN AN
YEAR?
ABOUT 6000!!
HOW MANY GET ACCEPTED?
ABOUT 6!

11. GEORGE ORWELL (YEAH, THE ANIMAL FARM
GUY) GAVE A FEW REASONS IN HIS BOOK
CALLED, WELL, WHY DO WRITERS WRITE.
(NO PRIZES FOR GUESSING THE NAME)

13. IMMORTALITY

15. TO MAKE THE
WORLD A
BETTER
PLACE

16. HAVING SETTLED THAT,
WHAT OR
WHOM IS THE STORY
ABOUT?

17. PLOT?

19. STORYTELLER
?

20. STILL NO.

21. AUDIENCE?

22. YEAH, YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.

24. Stories define us.
Stories set us
apart.
IT IS NOT LANGUAGE WHICH DEFINES US.
STORIES DO.
N ANIMALS HAVE LANGUAGES, THEY LACK STORIES.

26. THE HUMAN BRAIN
THREE ACT STRUCTURE- BEGINNING, MIDDLE
AND END.
BRAIN CONDITIONED TO RECOGNIZE THIS, THIS IS
HOW IT WORKS.

27. WHAT DID ARISTOTLE
HAVE TO SAY ABOUT
STORIES?

28. PITY
• FIRST STAGE OF CONNECTION
• CREATES BONDING BETWEEN CHARACTER
AND AUDIENCE

29. FEAR
• AUDIENCE FEELS THE SUFFERING OF THE
CHARACTER
• IT RELATES WITH THE CHARACTER AND
REHEARSES FEAR

30. CATHARSIS
• CHARACTER RELIEVED OF HIS SUFFERING, AUDIENCE
FEELS AT EASE,RELAXED AND REJUVENATED.
• RELEASE OF FEEL GOOD CHEMICAL CALLED
Phenylethylamine.

31. OKAY.I KNOW ALL OF THAT.
NOW,HOW DO I
MAKE MY STORIES
BETTER?

32. I’LL TELL YOU
HOW,FOR FREE*
*Conditions Apply

33. WRITER SHOULD BE ADULTEROUS WITH THE CHARACTER, BUT
FAITHFUL TO THE AUDIENCE.

34. IRRATIONALITY
DON’TBEAFRAIDOFBEING
UNCONVENTIONAL.PEOPLEAREGOING
TOJUDGEYOUANYWAY,IT’SBETTER
TOJUSTDOIT.

35. ACCESIBLE
CHARACTER
THE AUDIENCE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FEEL LIKE YOUR
CHARACTER, THEY SHOULD FEEL INVOLVED.

36. UPBEAT ENDING

37. “We believe what we see, not what we hear”
“A picture is worth a thousand words”
Cut down the dialogues, speak through visuals.

38. LEAVE A G
A P
LET THE
AUDIENCE THINK.
LET THEM FILL THE GAP ON THEIR OWN
INCREASE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT

39. LET THE AUDIENCE SEE
THEMSELVES IN THE
STORY.
LET THE AUDIENCE BE A PART OF THE STORY .
LET THEM MAKE YOU IMMORTAL.

40. RECAP

41. Created by Abhigyan Singh, NIT
Allahabad, during an internship by
Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM
Lucknow.
DISCLAIM
ER