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ARTICLES FOR STORYTELLERS |
Apply the Purple Cow
to Your Storytelling
I receive a ton-load of
magazines and other
great reading material
daily, weekly and
monthly, but there is
one magazine that stands
out from all of the
others - one that I can
barely put down once it
arrives. It is the
"remarkable"
publication, Fast
Company.
To read more,
please click here ...
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The Irony of Patterns - interview with Charles Bonasera
Excerpts ...
Charles: As a psychotherapist
back in the Buffalo area, I began to focus not just on the problems that
people brought to me for help in resolving them but also on the life
patterns
that they developed as a result of those patterns. In fact, I just today
finished writing my newest book, “How in the Hell Did This Happen to
Me?”
which describes many of the patterns that people move into to compensate
for their difficulties. Most of the patterns were developed during
childhood and learned from parental figures and may have worked well.
Some of the patterns are healthy and useful to this day but others have
become unhealthy and no longer useful. My job, both in the book and as a
Consultant is to help people identify and change those patterns.
To read more,
please
click here ...
Encyclopaedic Storyteller - interview with Richard
Johnson
Excerpts ...
Richard: Well
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that anyone
can edit and contribute to. The main philosophy is that information should be
freely available to all people. When I was young my parents spent a lot of money
on buying the Encyclopedia Britannica, an encyclopedia consisting of 24
expensive printed volumes. As a child, I learned a lot from them, but they were
written in fairly high-level language and were sometimes a little too difficult
to understand. The internet has changed the way study and learning occurs. Many
of us with the advent of the Internet, have expanded our knowledge of the world
with up to date fresh information. Wikipedia achieves this and it is all for
free! I believe that information presented as short encyclopedic articles and
delivered truthfully and without bias is a great educational method.
To read more,
please
click here ...
Money Streams - interview with C. Hope Clark
Excerpts ...
Hope: I started the newsletter first when the emails became too many to
answer. My previous life in the federal government was centered around finance,
grants and loans. So when I spoke to a group of writers in Atlanta about how to
write for the internet in 1999, the conversation somehow gravitated on how to
make a living, grants and other money issues. After the meeting, people started
emailing me. The newsletter started to cut down on duplicate emails (and allow
me to write). In two months, I had 1,000 members. Took me a week to design my
first web site and it loaded slowly (everything was dialup in 1999-2000 when I
started). I’ve since learned from trial and error how to prepare a web site. But
all I wanted to do was show people where grants were and educate them on how to
write without tunnel vision. People need to learn about the many money streams
there are in writing – grants, contests, publishers, jobs and freelance gigs.
Don’t put your eggs in one basket, so to speak. Some fans nominated me to
Writer’s Digest when their contest was new. I was surprised to learn I had made
the list! Now each year, FFW has seemed to have maintained that position, and
I’m tickled to death about it.
To read more,
please
click here ...
If you would like to be interviewed for this
column, please send an email to
editor@howtotellagreatstory.com
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 Can
I help you? (2)
Excerpts ...
My message to you today is
to know that, Can I help you, is more of business than favour. And it tells
a good story about your business. The challenge for you as a professional
is, how can I transform that help into big business?.
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please click here.
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Heaven is a Place on Earth.
Excerpts ...
The little stone
was, despite conventional wisdom, aware of his existence. He recalled
whenever doubt crept in, the words of William Blake:
"To see a world in a grain of sand,
and heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and
eternity in an hour."
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please click here.
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PAYING MARKETS FOR STORYTELLERS |
 Paying
markets for the Story teller in the Asia Pacific
Region and Europe
Excerpts ...
The New Welsh Review
is a literary magazine which accepts:
Features where most articles are commissioned but if you have an idea
email a brief synopsis (300 words maximum) to the editor. Payment
ranges from £100 to £150 per article upon publication.
Short stories and poems
should be sent to the editor with a covering letter and
SSAE or international money order. Material will not be returned unless
it is accompanied by sufficient postage. E-mail submissions are not
accepted without the prior permission of the editor. Payment ranges from
£60 to £75 for a short story and £25 for each poem and is paid on
publication. The average response time is around three months due to the
amount of stories received..
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please click here ...
Writing
Markets Column - USA - Science Fiction
Excerpts
Have you ever considered writing science fiction? Some people think of science
fiction as being too niche oriented, too narrowly focused on fans of the genre.
However, for writers wishing to hone their skills, science fiction can be an
excellent staging ground.
Because science fiction is far removed from day-to-day reality, you may find
yourself approaching your writing differently, and, in the end, surprise
yourself with the work that you produce.
To read more,
please click here ...
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of Gold
I received an email from one of my subscribers.
Here's what he said:
I read your website a few days ago and
did not find any information about you other than one line that you had
quit being a lawyer to become a writer. I googled and found an article
written by you in absolutewrite.com: 'What an Adventure'. I feel that
you should include it in your website.
I have actually placed a link
to this article on the site. But, for your benefit, you can
click on this link to read the article.
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STORYTELLER'S NUTS AND BOLTS |
 A
Quick Start to Grammar Basics
Grammar is a part of writing that can intimidate many people, but becoming
familiar with a few simple grammar rules can help tremendously as you learn to
become a better writer. Here is a quick start to a few grammar basics
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please click here.
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Cancer's Child
Excerpts ...
Everyone always says that
Cancer’s children are moody and they grow up to be moody adults. I have to
disagree. All of the Cancers that I have ever met were rather stable emotionally
speaking. They can be a bit volatile when they feel attacked and they are like a
lioness protecting those they love, but they are not moody while doing so. They
are not as short-tempered as an Aries and not as long-tempered as a Taurus.
To read more,
please
click here ...
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Ibu Maluku: The Story of Jeanne van Diejen
... Many books about the East
are centred around the countries where either the British or French were
colonial rulers – India, Singapore, Sri Lanka, to name a few. It is rare to read
a story that is based in an Asian country where the Dutch were colonial rulers.
So, I was intrigued by this book the moment I laid eyes on it. The cover image,
The Bay of Ternate by Antoine Payen, gives that visual impression of what it
must have been like when Jeanne first arrived in Ternate.
To read more,
please click here
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With two
self-published novels under his belt (one of which was shortlisted for
the Portico Literary Prize) Bill Keeth recently self-published
Write It Self-Publish It Sell It ISBN 978 0 9558863 0 0 in response to other
writers’ enquiries as to what exactly is entailed in taking the
self-publishing route.
In this robustly written testament to his
achievement, the author encourages the reader to avoid the pitfalls and
emulate his personal success, relating, often in humorous fashion, how
he himself wrote, self-published and marketed his books (2,000 copies
and counting!) via book launches, booksignings and presentations, in
addition to placing them with the major bookstores and public libraries
‘Truly informative’ Billy Hopkins, best-selling
author of Our Kid.
Rare
Opportunity! Jay O'Callahan to lead a 3-day Storytelling
Workshop and a 5-day Storytelling-Writing Workshop!
Jay will lead a 3-day
Storytelling Workshop, October 10-12, 2008 and a 5-day
Storytelling-Writing Workshop, October 15-19, 2008 in Humarock, Scituate, Massachusetts.
These workshops will be a time to listen to stories, be by the sea,
focus on your creativity and to be with supportive, respectful people
who will draw out your creativity. You'll explore the languages of
gesture, imagery, sound, silence and rhythm. Mandi Kujawa,
singer/songwriter/storyteller from Banff,
Canada, will work with Jay in both
workshops.
BOTH LIMITED TO 9 PEOPLE SO DON'T WAIT! THESE WORKSHOPS FILL UP
QUICKLY!
For more information, call: (800) 626-5356, email Jay at
jay@ocallahan.com or visit Jay's website
http://ocallahan.com/workshops.
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