In the last post, Why Risk is Essential to Storytellers we talked about how much people hate to lose. So we work hard to avoid doing things that can hurt us in any way – physically, emotionally or spiritually. We would rather do things are certain to succeed than risk failure. Think about asking someone…
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Why Risk is Essential to Storytellers
Weak stories lack gravitas. They lack substance. As one limp, dull page blathers into the next, the nothingness drags on exponentially, wasting the reader’s time and the whole miserable experience ends in disappointment and failure for all involved. To avoid this fate, you need to confront risk. Risk as in the possibility of loss. To…
How Coppola Explored All Endings to Nail The Godfather II
The third of the 27 Essential Principles of Story is Explore All Endings. How you end your story determines what it means. Some writers begin with the end in mind because they have an idea to express. Others believe the writing process is about discovering their core, or main idea. Either way, your ending is…