Narrative writing
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This document discusses elements of narrative writing and storytelling. It provides tips for using concrete language that appeals to the five senses to grab readers' attention. The RENNS model is presented as a way to add details to a story using reasons, examples, names, numbers, and senses. Various examples from literature are given to illustrate the use of different senses. The document also discusses Ira Glass's view of stories being built from anecdotes and moments of reflection. Robert McKee's "commandments of storytelling" are listed, advising writers on techniques like not taking the climax out of the protagonist's hands or using false mystery. In conclusion, stories are said to have the power to both simulate and inspire
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Narrative writing
- 1. Narrative Writing Daniel Flower
- 2. Mini-discussion Why do we tell stories? What makes a story great? http://3oneseven.com/29/singin-in-the-rain/
- 3. Stories are important cognitive events, for they encapsulate information, knowledge, context, and emotion. --Don Norman, Things That Make Us Smart danorbit.
- 4. Stories Use Concrete Language JD Hancock
- 5. Concrete language grabs attention by appealing to the five senses.
- 6. Stronger imagery creates deeper impressions on a reader.
- 7. Need Details? Use the RENNS Model Yau Hoong Tang
- 8. TheRENNS Model Why did something happen? Why did someone do Reasons something? Examples How did it happen? How did someone do something? Names Who was involved? Where did it happen? Numbers When did it happen? How many were involved? hearing sight smell touch taste Senses (auditory) (visual) (olfactory) (tactile) (gustatory)
- 9. 1_milano Random Characters
- 10. Sight light and dark, shades and hues, visible shape and appearance timitalia
- 11. Thomas Hawk The restaurant was shaped like a big bottle, though squatter than a real bottle, and on its cap was a revolving figure of a grinning boy holding a hamburger aloft. --Joyce Carol Oates, “Where are you Going, Where have you Been?”
- 12. Smell Often used metaphorically Andrew Morrell Photography
- 13. ...I remembered clearest of all...how the bedroom smelled of the lumber it was made of and of the wet woods whose scent entered through the screen. --E.B. White, “Once More to the Lake” James Jordan
- 14. Taste Gustatory, detecting flavor--related to smell ani-bee
- 15. ...the walking boots that taste of Atlantic and Pacific salt... --Robert Frost, “A Record Stride” striatic
- 16. Sound volume word choice tone Vox Efx
- 17. ...there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton.... It was the beating of the old man's heart. --Edgar Allan Poe, “The Tell Tale Heart” alvaro tapia hidalgo
- 18. Touch Tactile experience and emotion (tension, reactions) Shemer
- 19. You grasp the bark by a rugged pleat, And look up small from the forest's feet. --Robert Frost, “On Going Unnoticed” ben matthews
- 20. Ira Glass: A Story’s Building Blocks 713 Avenue
- 21. The A n ecdo te like ntly here that s] in .and t it' n.. [tha atio form estin lass h its s a d " --Ira G roug t ha l th tha n g... fee in can tra ethi som .. .you on a to find be re ing going y ou' 96dpi
- 22. The Moment of Reflection cambiodefractal
- 24. Thou shalt not take the climax out of the protagonist’s hands Βethan
- 25. Thou Shalt Not Make Life Easy For The Protagonist
- 26. Thou sh alt not use fals e myste ry or su rprise practicalowl
- 27. Respect Thine Audience yozz!
- 28. Have a god like knowledge of your universe
- 29. Use Complexity Rather Than Complication Thuany Gabriela
- 30. Thou Shalt Take Your Characters To The End Of The Line emma.c
- 31. Thou Shalt Not Write On The Nose Dialogue B Rosen
- 32. Thou Shalt Dramatize Thine Exposition My Melting Brain
- 33. Thou shalt rewrite pj_vanf
- 34. becca.peterson26
- 35. Stories have the amazing dual power to simulate and to inspire. --Chip & Dan Heath, Made to Stick