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Great StoryTelling Network! ... Connecting StoryTellers Worldwide Volume 2, Issue 2 5 October 2005 Brought to you by Aneeta Sundararaj and Eric Okeke To subscribe or view the pictures in this newsletter, please go to: http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com/gsn/indextogsn.html SUBSCRIBER CONTEST http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com/contest.html
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http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com/freebies.html TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Introduction
Hello!
Changes! Changes!
Firstly, as the ebusiness cards section did not seem to be garnering any response, I have removed it and now added a new section all together. It's called SUBSCRIBER CONTEST. This contest is only open to those who are subscribers to this newsletter. Bjorn Turmann, whom I interviewed a while ago, has kindly donated a copy of his novel. It's a simple contest to enter and all you need to do is send a blank email and you stand a chance to win his novel. Click on this link for more details: http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com/contest.html
I collated all of the previous copies of the newsletter and compiled them into little ebooks which you can download for free. This was to free up space and also make the pages much easier to load. Hence, a Freebies section where you can download documents, software and all sorts of other things I receive from time to time. The link is http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com/freebies.html
Richard Stone is the gentleman I interviewed for Blow Your Own Trumpet! He has a very innovative item, a board game called 'Pitch', the purpose of which is to teach people to tell a story!
I have also receive messages asking me how subscribers can support this newsletter. I have updated the support page with all the necessary information. You can view it here: http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com/support.html
I have added some new articles and the reviews by Sharanya, and so, there is lots to read in this newsletter.
I hope you enjoy reading this edition of the newsletter.
All the best, Aneeta Sundararaj Your-Partner-In-Success editor@howtotellagreatstory.com http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com
II. Tell Everyone About ...
III. StoryAfrica
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Eric Okeke Your-Partner-In-Success http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com
IV. StoryAsia
National Pastime
I have often maintained that eating is a national pastime in Malaysia. Ask most Malaysians who live overseas and the one thing they tell you they miss about Malaysia is the food. So I thought that it would only be right to share two recipes for two of the more common dishes. Being true to the multi-racial aspect of Malaysia, I have chosen to give you recipes for one Chinese dish, one Malay dish and for the Indian part, I’ll try to explain to you how food is arranged on a banana leaf.
Firstly, there is Char Koay Teow.
This is a Chinese dish which is essentially, fried noodles. The recipe here makes about 6 servings.
INGREDIENTS
PREPARATION:
Serve immediately & hot
Next, Nasi Lemak, a Malay dish.
INGREDIENTS Rice – 3 cups Coconut Milk – ½ cup Water – 3 cups Pandan leaves, cleaned and knotted – 4
Dried Chillies, softened in water and pounded finely – 50gm Shallots – 50gm Shrimp paste – 1 table spoon Sugar – 2 tablespoon Tamarind juice – 1 tablespoon Salt to taste
PREPARATION
Sweet chilli paste To make the sweet chilli paste, heat 8 tablespoons of oil in a wok. Fry the chilli paste, shallots and shrimp paste together. Then add sugar, tamarind juice and salt.
Rice In another dish, wash the rice and drain the water. Mix coconut milk with 3 cups of water and 1 tablespoon of salt. Add coconut milk, pandan leaves and cook the rice. When cooked, place the sweet chilli paste on top of the cooked rice.
Serve with fried peanuts, crispy anchovies, cucumber slices.
Lastly, how food should be served on a banana leaf.
One the top left hand side of the banana leaf, there are items like a pinch of salt, a dash of pickle and a thimbleful of salad or a smidgen of chutney. On the right hand side, there are curries, hot or sweet or sour. A vegetarian meal will consist of the gourds, drumstick and brinjals (the country vegetables) and cabbage, carrot and cauliflower (the English vegetables). If it a non-vegetarian meal that is served, a separate leaf may be provided all together. In the middle of the leaf, an odd number of fried items like banana chips or papads. The lower half of the leaf is reserved for a mountain of rice. All the best, Aneeta Sundararaj Your-Partner-In-Success editor@howtotellagreatstory.com http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com
V. Tips for Storytellers
A conversation between The Lazy Self and The Critical Self
More often than not, many writers I know have a similar conversation with their inner critic. It can drive even the sanest of writers mad. I thought that I would share with you a conversation I once had with myself when I was trying to edit one of my own works. I have not written the entire conversation out. It’s just ten of the questions I asked myself. I hope you laugh, if anything at all.
Lazy Self: My story seems all right to me – and they all loved it at my Writer’s Circle.
Critical Self: I see. Tell me – is there anyone who is a published author there?
Lazy Self: Well, there is one. But really, I have no idea where her articles have been published.
Critical Self: Exactly! Now – shall we dissect your effort?
Lazy Self: Hmmm. Can I have a coffee first?
Critical Self: No. You must do this now. Or else, you’ll never get the story done. Besides, if you seriously want to be a writer we’ve got to. Let’s start with the plot.
Lazy Self: That’s no problem. Daddy liked the story.
Critical Self: Are you sure? Is it interesting? Does it hold together?
Lazy Self: Really. I think it’s a great story. Everyone I spoke to about the plot likes it.
Critical Self: Okay. We’ll examine your style next. Have you obeyed the golden rule?
Lazy Self: What golden rule?
Critical Self: Use words economically. Have you done so?
Lazy Self: Hmmm. I don’t know.
Critical Self: What do you mean you don’t know? You should know. And on that note, what on earth possessed you to write two paragraphs of nonsense about the beauty of the paddy field when someone is dying.
Lazy Self: I got carried away …
Critical Self: And all those unnecessary adjectives and adverbs throughout the story.
Lazy Self: What’s wrong with that? It’s better to say ‘short and ugly girl’ than just ‘short girl’. You’re too harsh.
Critical Self: I’ve got to be. Now – what’s the golden rule?
Lazy Self: Economy ….
The tip here is to learn to strike the balance. This conversation, when telling any story, is necessary. However, you need to strike that balance so that you do not lose your story entirely.
All the best, Aneeta Sundararaj Your-Partner-In-Success editor@howtotellagreatstory.com http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com
VI. What's Your Fascinating Story
* Keep tuning in.
Success without a story is incomplete. Do you have a testimony of success? Should you keep it to yourself? Tell it! Inspire others, and build a Great StoryTelling Network! . To view all the fascinating stories and also submit your own, please click on this link:http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com/whatsyourfascinatingstory/indexfascinatingstory.html
By the way, it's through this column that Eric and I first 'met'. He sent his fascinating story and the rest, as they say, is history!
VII. Articles and Book Club
I have posted only the ones that relate to our theme this week. There are many, many more listed on the index page:
To view all the articles and also submit your own, please click on this link: http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com/articles/indexofarticles.html
As for our Book Club:
To view all the reviews, please click on this link: http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com/bookclub/indexofreviews.html
VIII. Blow Your Own Trumpet!
To read all of the interviews posted or even make a request that we interview you, please click on this link: http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com/byot/indexbyot.html
IX. Beyond 'How To ...' ! * Keep tuning in.
To find a solution, one must find the cause. Situations, stories and paragraphs like the one above usually show an underlying 'problem'. Simply figuring out how it happened and how to solve it is not good enough. Go beyond the ‘how to…’ and you will come to why it happened in the first place. Send your thoughts on the above topic or even on the views projected to editor@howtotellagreatstory.com or eric@howtotellagreatstory.com and please put ‘beyond how to’ in the subject line. Please do not send any profanity.
XX. What our readers are saying!
Hello editor thank u for the great story on Air Asia and
it was brilliant. Bensi Singh Dear Aneeta, Hi, thank you so much for ur fabulous newsletter. I admire your guts to quit your 'steady' job and do what you really wanna do. Your stories amuse, enlighten and inspire me. Especially the recent one about exercise and storytelling. i've been very lazy with both! i'm gonna start working on one at least, tmrw... thanks again and keep up the great work! Amelia
Kota Kinabalu Hi Aneeta,
I ... read your interview with Philip Tatham. It’s a good piece, informative and encouraging for aspiring writers like me. Jamilah Samian
******************* ‘The Banana Leaf Men’ helps fight poverty through education. - UPDATE
Here are the links to the online versions of the story: Charity begins at school http://thestar.com.my/education/story.asp?file=/2005/7/24/education/11523394
Reading for a Cause http://thestar.com.my/education/story.asp?file=/2005/7/24/education/11519088
XI. Who and Where Are We?
Who are we?
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