Tag: storytelling

I want to learn from what’s worked (and what hasn’t) in the past and adjust for the writer I am now

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If you’ve been following this blog, you’ll know I’ve done 30-day first drafts of my last three manuscripts. I LOVE this process, but now that I have a chronic illness, I may have to adjust this a little to make sure I’m taking care of myself.

https://valeriethewriter.com/2023/06/21/starting-a-new-story-the-basics

I want to say that it might still be worth it to try reading that paragraph

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You might say it’s because in a story, you know that the author intends to give you all the information you need to understand what’s going on, whereas this is not the case in mathematical text. My response: you can learn about the mathematical object in the same way you learn about the character in my dad’s blog. Notice that you learn things about this person in a very nonlinear way, and you’re expected to track and piece these things together while you build a reliable mental image of this person.

https://leftadjoint.wordpress.com/2022/01/12/just-accept-that-you-dont-get-it-and-move-forward

I want the coming-of-age readers to enjoy nostalgia, to think of my work as providing a comfortable escape from the present into a simpler time

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Ultimately your brand is a statement to the world telling everyone who you are, what you produce, and possibly what you’re attempting to accomplish – humour, insight, social commentary etc. Whether or not you set out to create one, if people know you at all, they will come to perceive you in some manner or other. Your objective is to align their perception with how you want to be perceived.

https://ryanlanz.com/2021/11/20/the-importance-of-author-branding