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In This Issue
Infosynthesis -
Rest in Peace (3)
Story Asia -
End with a Bang
Jack's Fables -
The Illness Coach
Storyteller's Nuts and
Bolts - Than and Then
Blow Your Own Trumpet! -
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Storyteller's Pill -
interview with Jay O'Callahan
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The Ethnics of Storytelling
- interview with Judith Black
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Storyteller With A Great
First Impression - interview with Terry Whalin
Articles for Storytellers
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In a Rut or Blocked: 9 Tips to Help You Get Back to the Business of Writing
Zodiac's Children
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Capricorn's Child
1000 Reviews
Memoirs of A Geisha by Arthur Golden
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Books about Storytelling
Magazines about Storytelling
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There are
new pieces in this edition of the newsletter from Infosynthesis,
Storyteller's Nuts and Bolts, Jack's Fables, Zodiac's Children and
some interesting interviews with storytellers in Blow Your Own
Trumpet!
If you feel
that you'd like to write a story but just can't get those words down on
paper, the article featured in this newsletter, 9 Tips to Help You
Get Back to the Business of Writing, should help.
If you're
at a loss as to what gifts to give this holiday season, then Steven
Robertson has an offer in Tell Everyone About.... that could help
you. Also, I've added a link to a page where you can obtain some
exquisite, hand-made cards if you've run out of gift ideas.
As this is the last edition of the newsletter this year, I take this
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Rest in Peace (3)
Visiting an in-law to break the news of the death their daughter is not an
easy job. A man’s wife dies; before anything is done, the tradition in
Igboland of Nigeria demands that her husband’s family must go and break the
sad news to her family.
To read more,
please click here ...
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 End
with a Bang
I start off [my story] with a bang but end up with a
whimper. Not sure what the problem is. Any
suggestions?
The
above is an email I received from one of the
subscribers to my newsletter. Indeed, sometimes, the
hardest part of telling a tale is to know when and
how to stop! However, there is a very simple method
to ensure how success in ending your tale
appropriately.
To read more,
please click here ...
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The Illness Coach ...
Jamie was a genius. Outwardly, a picture of health; inwardly, a seething
caldron of resentment, self-centredness, compassion, wisdom and pure
drivel.
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Storytellers Nuts
and Bolts |
Than or Then?
Surprisingly these two words are very easy to distinguish between, yet
many writers get them mixed up. So when should than be used and
when should then be used? Let’s look at some examples below.
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Storyteller's Pill - interview with Jay O'Callahan
Excerpts ...
Aneeta:
Let us begin
with a little information about your early life. Can you please tell me where
you grew up, what was your childhood and youth like, where do you live now and
what do you do for a living?
Jay:
I grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts and was intrigued with brick
sidewalks and the steep stairs in my grandmother's house. When I was
seven my parents bought a big old house in a neighborhood called Pill
Hill on the edge of Boston. I would spend my afternoons climbing a beech
tree that was seven realms high. I wanted to be a pirate when I grew up.
The neighborhood was filled with unusual people who read a lot and liked
to gather to sing. I was intrigued with the political currents that
sparked the neighborhood.
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please
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The Ethnics of Storytelling - interview with Judith Black
Excerpts ...
Aneeta:
Judith,
thank you for agreeing to this interview.
Judith: Storytelling is like ethnic restaurants, the more
there are in a neighborhood, the more folks will be become aware of them.
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please
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Storyteller with a Great First Impression
- interview with Terry Whalin
Excerpts ...
Aneeta:
Yes, let's talk a little more about your role as a
literary agent. Please tell me some of the more memorable clients you’ve
had and some of your experiences with them.
Terry: ... I work back and forth with my
clients in the agency to perfect their manuscripts and book proposals. I
want to make the best possible first impression on the editors where I
send something from the agency. I pattern my back and forth process with
authors along the lines that I’ve learned from some of the most
successful literary agents in the publishing community. I know this
truth: You only get one chance to make a good first impression.
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please
click here ...
If you'd like to be interviewed for this
column, please contact me at editor howtotellagreatstory.com
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Capricorn's Child
Excerpts ...
You don’t raise a Capricorn
child; they have no need of parenting in the classical sense. Capricorn
children are little old kings who cannot quite remember where they are or where
they have placed their crowns. Being a Capricorn child is like being a
brilliant adult and having partial amnesia, you know that you know everything
about everything but you just cannot quite remember it at the moment. You
do not want to let on to everyone around you that you do not have a clue what
the adults are talking about, so you simply wing it and join in with the belief
that any minute now you really will know what is being discussed and will not
appear foolish or stupid. They walk around with their heads held high as
if they have not lost their crown and soon enough, they become natural leaders.
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please
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ARTICLES FOR STORYTELLERS
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In a Rut or Blocked: 9
Tips to Help You Get Back to the Business of Writing
You're sitting at your
desk, staring at a blank sheet of paper or a blank word
document on the computer screen. You actually want to
write, but just can't bring yourself to it. You have no
clue what to do with your characters next, and they
don't seem eager to tell you.
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Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden
Excerpts ...
At the
start of this review, I must admit that I read this book after I
watched the movie. Therefore, I found that a lot of the time, when I
read the story I was visualising much of what I’d seen in the cinema.
Usually, when I’ve watched a movie or read a book, I’ve been
disappointed because the stories would never tally but in the case of
Memoirs of a Geisha, this was not so. I enjoyed the movie and I
enjoyed the book even more.
One of the most important
things about this book I enjoyed was that it was written in first person
and when I did a little research into author and the book, I discovered
that Mr. Golden had first attempted to write his book in third person.
He says, ...
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