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  • How to prove your theme in your story - Your theme has to be something you can prove in your story - It does not have to be a universal truth. This means that your theme does not have to be something that happens in real life all the time (providing our logic can accept it, in order for us to believe it).
  • Domestic Violence Story Chapter Three - Domestic Violence Story - Chapter 3 5 police cars, 10 policemen. Searched the vicinity, never found him. When they left, he showed up. He looked at me and started screaming, "Who the hell did this to you!?" I only had one eye to look at him with and disgustingly looked at him while all my friends were there and said, "You did." He didn't believe it. He said he went into a "blackout.
  • How is your story theme furthered by elements in your story - Creative Writing Tips – Whichever theme you choose, all the elements, which make up your story, dialogue, conflict, scenes, etc should be written with the theme in mind. Your theme should progress the story. If you find that anything in your story does not progress it, it should be cut when you are in the editing stage. Before we see an example of elements written with a theme in mind, let us think of a theme and a story…. The theme is… ‘Arrogance Leads To Humiliation’ Very briefly, this story is about a character that believes he is better than his colleagues.
  • Story Endings are Important, But How do You Get There? - It's all very well having a brilliant idea for a story plot but you need to know more than how it starts. The right ending is vital, so are you prepared? Have you a clear plan as to how you're going to get there?
  • Writing Book Reports - If you are a student, writing a book report is something you will probably have to do at some time whether you want to or not.It has never been a favorite activity for most but it is always valuable.
  • Secrets of the Heavenly Journey - "At only forty-one years of age, my brother Kenneth was dying of kidney failure. He had already lost his vision. Watching him become a complete invalid at such a young age was excruciating. It all seemed so unfair; he was my 'little' brother. Now the end was near. Kenneth was so cold that no amount of blankets could warm him. He knew he was dying and he was in terrible pain. He dozed restlessly and woke frequently. Each time he woke, he shared more of his final journey with me...
  • Writing Stories - There's nothing like writing a story. It is a truly satisfying creative process. In order to write a story that people will enjoy. You need to understand the key elements that all good writers use in stories. In this article we will explore these elements. 1. Brainstorming Ask yourself these questions: What are you are going to write about? Who will be your audience? How much do you know about what you want to write about? What do I need to find out? 2.
  • Reading Comprehension Strategies - Comprehension should always be the chief concern when teaching reading. What good is reading if the child has no understanding of what is read? In this article I will outline key reading comprehension strategies and show how they should be used.
  • How To Write A Book Of Memoirs Fast - Who said it was too hard to write your life story? That's a myth; you can write your memoirs fast. The truth is anyone can write a book of memoirs. Well, anyone with a strong desire can do it. You might think aha; I knew it was a catch. No really. You can easily write your book of memoirs. It's the same with everything. You have to want it first. If you want to write your life story fast, here's 5 top tips that will speed you on your way to a successful book of memoirs. 1.

  • Wicked: The Delightful Prequel To The Wizard Of Oz - Just about everybody knows the story of Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz. But have you ever thought about what happened before the story began? Do you know anything at all about Glinda and Elphaba? Where did they come from? What happened to make them both the way they are? Was Elphaba always mean and wicked? This delightful musical reveals the hitherto untold story of the Wicked Witch of the West. Based on Gregory Maguire’s outstanding novel, ‘Wicked’ the musical takes you down a spellbinding journey to the magical world of witches and wizards and tells you the fascinating story of ‘How Glinda met Elphaba’. Turns out they knew each other from way back then.
  • How to Write a Fiction Story: Fleshing Out Your Idea - I can’t count the number of times someone has buttonholed me at a party and said, “So you write children’s books? I’ve got a great idea for a book.” Sometimes it really is a great idea; sometimes it’s the kind that makes you grimace politely and dive for the punchbowl. If having a great idea were all it took to become a published author, every other actor and pop singer would have a children’s book. (Oh, wait; they do? Bad example.) For those of us without worldwide name recognition, it helps to understand how to develop our initial brainstorm into a full-grown story. Although this is a big topic, here some quick tips to get you started.
  • An Impressive And Unique Wedding Gift - The wedding gift can show your blessing to a couple. As a result, you will start shopping for the gift when you know that your friend is going to marry. To this end you will probably want to search for a unique gift to them.
  • Know More About Romantic Comedy - A romantic comedy is a kind of movie that a mixture of hale romance tale and half humorous story, but seem like these days movie producer try to focus on humour rather than romance, to make the movie in top chart.
  • Campfire stories rule! - There is something magical about them and if you've ever had the full campfire story experience, you'd know what I mean. While entertaining, campfire stories must be handled properly. There are some rules you must observe in order to keep the story telling “pure”. One must experience the stories while actually in the company of friends sitting near a heat source that contains a flame (preferably a fire). The whole scenario works best when it’s done outside, preferably at a campsite. If you can’t manage to find a campfire, a campsite, or even a wooded area then you might want to try gathering around a candle while sitting on your porch or somewhere at least out-of-doors.
  • Difficult Boss - 4 Steps To Make A Positive Breakthrough - What is the most maddening issue you face at work? The chances are that someone else is involved. Many people endure the experience of working with a difficult colleague. It is particularly challenging when this colleague happens to be the boss. When we're stuck, not sure what to do, we can tap into our imagination to find a way forward. Our imagination is a powerful resource. We may never stand on the summit of Everest but when we hear the experiences of those that have, we can imagine what it is like. We can read the story of Edmund Hillary and imagine how it was to be the first. As individuals whenever we venture beyond our certain knowledge, we use our imagination. So in everyday life we use our imagination a great deal. We tell ourselves stories to explain why things happen the way they do.
  • Beginning In Photography: Focus - It seems a simple concept: make sure the thing you’re taking a photo of is sharp. But there is much more to the simple act of focusing on your subject. Used selectively, focus is a great tool for getting your message across within an image. Story telling Whether you are taking snaps of your kids at the beach, or on a professional assignment photographing African tribes for a magazine, you are telling a story with your photos. Knowing what the story is before you start shooting helps you choose what to photograph and how.
  • Make Conflict the Backbone of Your Story - Most types of story, whether short stories or novels, absolutely need that vital ingredient: the conflict. Preferably more than one. You may well have your characters all fleshed out and ready to go, but don't give them an easy ride! Bring some angst into their lives, your readers will love it!
  • Fill in Background by Using Flashbacks - What is a 'flashback'? Think of a flash of light illuminating a scene from the past and you've got it. Say you are writing a story and want to start, quite rightly, at the turning point in your hero's life, or the point where the action really takes off.
  • Corporate Storytelling 101: How to pick a story that moves listeners - Business publications these days sing the praises of corporate storytelling. But what if you're not a natural storyteller? How do you pick a tale that inspires and connects - and still suits a business setting? Here are nine tips to get you started: 1. Brief is better. Choose a story that can be boiled down to 3-5 minutes. Longer tales can get too complex. A good story should be like a skirt: long enough to cover the subject, but short enough to keep things interesting. 2. What is the Why? Why are you telling this particular story? Make sure it reinforces the value you want to reinforce in a positive way. Know the key point of your story. This will help you choose what to leave in and what to leave out. 3.
  • Coaching Wisdom - Imagine the buzz in the room of 1500 individuals from 40 different countries at the 2007 International Coach Federation conference in Long Beach, CA. Each of these coaches has selected a profession that creates heightened possibilities for their clients. An estimated 30,000 coaches practice throughout the world today.
  • John Reese's Secret - Do you somehow feel deep down your guts... that selling on the Internet, or anywhere for the matter (direct mail advertising, TV, radio etc.) is getting harder and harder each DAY? Are you a marketer trying to sell a product or service, but have not succeeded in your attempt to achieve massive wealth after putting TONS of efforts into it?
  • Reading Fluency Activities Are Critical Skills For Young Children to Learn - One of the most critical learning skills that children will learn in their early education is learning how to read. An expert once noted that in the early education years, children are taught to learn to read, but in later years children will read to learn.
  • Little Red Riding Artwork - Little red riding hood art seems to be a great hit among the people. It's based on an old folk tale, which was able to steal the hearts of the old as well as the yound, and was passed to the future generations, through folklore. However, many periodical changes were introduced into the basic story line. The popularity of the story was exploited in the artistic works, and it became one of the possible medium to symbolically represent much. The art of Little red riding hood has grown from its basic pattern of story line and in the mean time, as a representative of many of the related characters. Little red riding hood art is basically the representation of the famous story, red riding hood.
  • Article Writing For The Good Of Your Business - Breaking into a newspaper can be a difficult prospect. Every day, reporters and editors are pitched from a broad range of sources for ideas that range widely from the extremely newsworthy to the ridiculous. With all of this competition for what it a very limited amount of space, the chances of getting your story before the subscriber’s eyes can be slim. To circumvent this problem, you can concentrate on a certain type of story. A story that speaks to a certain audience but isn’t necessarily timely. This type of story is called a feature and it can be the greatest thing that ever happened to your business.
  • How To Start Your Story Effectively to Keep Your Reader Reading - Whether a person buys your novel or continues reading your short story is often decided with the first page or even paragraph. How you start your story is vitally important. Here are some ideas to put you on course to keep your reader reading. Your story should start with some significant event or turning point and present the main character with a problem they have to solve. It should interrupt the hero's life and send him off in a new and exciting direction. Pique your readers' interest, get them excited, and they will be panting for more before you can say 'protagonist'.
  • Create an Irresistible Product Story That Works Every Time! - We already know that network marketing is about storytelling, and whoever tells the best story wins the immediate sale, enrollment, and recruit. We’ve talked about the first part of business that’s crucial to success – the opportunity story. Now, let’s look at how to master your product story. As you keep being a “product-of-the-product” by using it, retailing it, and forever talking to everyone about it, you automatically and irresistibly sponsor more and better people and show those around you how effortless it is to do the business, so they will automatically and axiomatically do the same or more.
  • Telling Your Story for More Profit - Telling stories is not only one of the oldest forms of communication; it is also one of the most effective. Accepting this statement as true should help you see why creating a business story is a reliable way to connect, and to create a bond with your customer that helps you rise above your competition in their eyes. Your business story should be real and personal. The more you can connect your story to your customer, the more it will help your business. This is why we often talk about the importance of finding a niche market with which you can identify. Telling your story to your niche market helps them identify with you.
  • The Story Of My Life - The other day I overheard someone say, "Well, that's the story of my life." It wasn't the first time I've heard someone say that. Perhaps there have been times when you have heard someone say it. It's a pretty common phrase that people use when something unpleasant happens to them. What a defeating phrase it really is! What just happened is the "story of my life?" Does that unpleasant event sum up your entire life?
  • The Birth of The American Detective Story - It has been said that the American detective story began sometime in the later nineteenth century. Many critics give credit to an author named Anna Katherine Green for starting this American version of what was already an interest in Europe. Shortly after the budding of what we call the beginning of American detective stories, the realization was that even the first American detective story was influenced in some way by Europe. Whether it was influenced by one of the earlier novels such as Collins, or even by one of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes tales, it is uncertain, but it was almost surely derived from Europe.
  • Using Dialogue to Good Effect in Your Story - In any short story or novel dialogue is the element that raises the readers level of interest and moves the story on. But dialogue isn't just dialogue. Here's how to make it a whole lot more exciting than 'he said', 'she said'. I'm not decrying narrative description, which is essential, but it's far better to show the reader what's happening through your character's dialogue, when it's acceptable to do so, than relying too much on descriptive passages. Take this, for example: Debbie got out of the car and stared at the building in front of her. 'I don't like the look of that', she said as Grant came round to join her. 'It looks like me mam's old tea pot.' 'That's because it's old and quaint, Debbie.' He put his arm around her and gave a comforting hug.
  • Structuring Your Story - Story counts. Not that it counts any more or any less than the other skills in film hierarchy, but it does come first in order of production. The principle is: why push forward with a weak element? Contrary to what some may think, very little of the later processes in production will "fix" the screenplay. In the best of all possible worlds, a good screenplay will yield a good shoot. That's not to say that there's only one way to pen a screenplay; nonetheless, no writer should be oblivious to their own technique, unique or otherwise.
  • Corporate Storytelling: Finding Story Resources - Looking for a tale to kick off a speech, enliven a meeting, or connect with a sales prospect? You can find stories in a variety of locations.
  • "I'm Ready For The Big Time Money Now," Mimi Said - In the previous post, you found out about Mimi - the gal who almost didn't sign up nine years ago because she didn't want to make money off the people, she just wanted to help them, she said. Here's part II of her story. After nine years of being at the second highest position in her company, and with thousands of customers she's helped now, she announced in class, "After all this time, I am NOW ready for some BIG money. Where are the big money people?
  • The Power of Storytelling - Each and every day as we are building our businesses, we all know the key to a successful presentation is a product being sold to the end-line consumer and/or sponsoring a new person. In an upcoming issue, I am going to write about the difference between making a sale and having customer loyalty in the sales process. In the sales process, you are fighting many different types of animals. For most of us who are in direct sales, you have 45 minutes to present a product/business concept and make a person believe in you, your product, and more importantly have them make a decision that they want what you are offering.
  • How To Find The Novel That Only You Can Write - Most people think writing a novel is just writing.
  • A Solution To The Problem Of Writing For Children - Many aspiring writers decide the way to start their career is to write for children. And they tend to have two very good reasons for deciding this: 1.
  • The Gospel of Writing According to Marilyn, Chapter 11 - Chapter Eleven: Inspire With Your Storytelling While finding time to write came be like having unplanned sex, the act of writing is more like making love. You cannot fake it. You must feel it. When I was writing the chapter from the book A Guide to Getting It: Achieving Abundance, which is part of the book series I publish, I spent days working to develop my model of what I call the 7 C's of Change: Conscious Awareness Concern Critical State Crisis Point Chaos Choice Change I tried writing an explanation, and while the writing was effective, it was not inspiring. Then I went to hear an author read from her book of short stories at the local community college. Actually, she didn't read;
  • How To Teach The Same Thing Over And Over -- With Power - My son was quite startled at our Christmas Eve service when he was five. As the pastor began with the familiar words "In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world..." from Luke 2, my son leaned over to me, cupped his hand around my ear and whispered, "That's the same story they told last year! Don't they have a new story this year?" As Christians we have the same wonderful story to tell.
  • Harness the Unconscious Marketing Power of Stories - If you want people to pay attention to what you say, you have to communicate with them at an unconscious level. In order to do that successfully, it's useful to know that the unconscious mind loves symbols. One of the most powerful ways of using symbols is through metaphor or stories.
  • Closely Guarded Energy-Secret for Greater Client Attraction...Tell Your Story - I've dealt with a few criticisms about including my personal story on my website, but, more importantly for every skeptic I've had at least 10 people tell me how much they admire what I share and how it resonates with them (and those folks usually end up coaching with me). So why share your personal story?
  • The Many Colored Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, written by the amazing duo of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, was first performed in 1968 and is one of the oldest and most well-known musicals in theatre. Over the years this show was expanded and the record-breaking production was re-opened at the London Palladium in 1991. Opening night threatened to raise the roof as the audience cheered and applauded the musical, which was full of amusing touches and was even more colorful, tuneful and energetic as before.
  • How That Novel Idea Becomes A Novel - One day you wake up and announce to the world that you would like to write a novel. Pardon the pun, but that is a novel idea. At some point in time that is what everyone dreams about. Let's face it; we all have a story to tell, don't we? In reality though, how does it all really come about? For me, the writing itself is relatively easy. The sentence structure; the punctuation; the correct spelling are all general tools that don't cause much of a problem for me. And I assume that is true for a lot of other writers. In my opinion the challenging part of writing is dreaming up the topic. It takes much thought to come up with a story line and develop a plot.
  • Are Old Stories Recreating Your Past? - If you think you are tired of hearing your same old stories over and over again (actually, excuses) for why you aren't where you want to be in life, imagine how weary your friends feel? I hear this kind of complaint repeatedly: She deliberately manipulates me to work longer hours.
  • The Detective as a Main Character - The use of a main character is neccessary in any story, so that one may have a point of view for basis. This point of view allows the reader to be more knowledgeable about what is going on in the character's head. It gives insight to thoughts and feelings of the character and lets the reader know when the character is feeling pain or is just plain exhausted.
  • What A New Writer Has To Know About Creating A Character - What is the soul of a story? Some people say the plot, some others say the characters. I say, it’s both. But now, I’d like to talk about characters. How do you create a character? Here are some ways used by writers out there in creating the characters in their story: • Go with the flow Some writers begin with the first few lines. As long as they can get something interesting for the first line, the rest will follow. The character’s personality grows at the same time the writer builds the plot. It is not actually intentionally created.
  • Gourmet Catering in California- Bringing the Best to You - What is so extraordinary concerning gourmet catering in California? Food and beverage play quite an imperative role in making lasting memories.
  • Common Errors Writers Make - PART 1: WRITER'S BLOCK From Rita Jamison's Freelance Writing Class; Adult Education, Los Altos, CA, 2005 At one time or another we all experience "writer's block." We have ideas.
  • The Long And The Short Of The Short Story - Congratulations! You’ve spotted a great short story competition and decided to enter. You’ve had a go at a few short stories in the past and you’ve been wanting to tackle a novel for ages, but the idea was way too daunting so you’ve just shoved that to the bottom of your life’s “To Do” list. A short story is a much better idea, isn’t it? It’s just like writing a novel only shorter. Right? Not exactly! It’s been said that it’s not that a short story is long, it’s that it takes a long time to make it short.
  • How To Make Obscene Online Profits Giving Away Free Information - My clients often ask me, "Dan, how much free information to give is enough?
  • An Alternative Solution For Anyone Who Wants To Write A Novel - The phrase is well worn, ‘Everyone has one book in them.

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