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In This Issue
Infosynthesis -
Tell them the right story
Story Asia -
Working on a Dream - self-publishing in Malaysia.
Jack's Fables -
Powerless Beyond Measure
Storyteller's Nuts and
Bolts -
Single or Double
Quotation Marks?
Blow Your Own Trumpet! -
Articles for Storytellers
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What To Look For In
A Writing Mentor
Zodiac's Children
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Cancer's
Child
1000 Reviews
It Works by Ronald G. Miller
The Mee Street Chronicles by Frankie
Lennon
Ochre As The Earth by Sharanya
Manivannan
Resources For Storytellers...
Books about Storytelling
Magazines about Storytelling
Blogs
for Storytellers
Paying Markets
Editorial,
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Hello Storyteller,
The last
two weeks have really flown by, don't you think?
Well, I've
lots of things to share with you. First, Eric sends his apologies as he
is unable to submit a story for Infosynthesis this time round. In
StoryAsia, I was inspired to write about self-publishing in Malaysia;
there are new interviews with Karen Chace and James Bonnet - you'll just
have to read the interviews to find out which one of them tells a story.
There are new reviews and some new freebies posted. There are more
announcements in 'Tell Everyone About' - I'm sure you've heard of
training programme. But, have you heard of Virtual Training programmes?
Well, I received an email invitation from Dr. Cherie Carter-Scott and I
suggest you click on the link in 'Tell Everyone About' to find out what
this means.
The winner of a copy of Eve Neuhaus's Journey To Mythaca is
Cathryn Potter. Cathryn, please contact Eve at
eveneuhaus@journeytomythaca.com to claim your copy of this book. For
this edition of the newsletter, I'm going to offer the digital version
of
Snapshots!
again.
Click here to
enter this contest. If you have copies of your own works which you'd
like to offer for our contest, please send me an email about this.
I hope you enjoy the information shared.
Here's to your storytelling success.
Aneeta Sundararaj
editor@howtotellagreatstory.com
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Tell them the right story
Have
you ever found yourself in a tight corner where you have to quickly
convince another person about your message; to persuade someone and
get that business; to convince and get approval or co-operation; or
to establish your professional integrity? Needless to say, telling a
story will get you instant results and it is even more important to
tell the right story. Let me illustrate this with a recent
personal experience I encountered with a group of workshop
participants.
To read more,
please click here ...
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 Working
on a dream - self-publishing in Malaysia
Since publication of
The Banana Leaf Men, I have been asked the same
question many times, “How much did it cost?” Also, I’ve been asked to share my
know-how about the publishing industry here in Malaysia, the most recent being a
request from
Sharanya Manivannan.
To read more,
please click here ...
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Powerless Beyond Measure
Bell turned in for work as usual. Grim and grey, waiting for the inevitable.
By
mid-morning, enough was enough for Blue. Kids bouncing off the walls, for whom
the only meaningful activity was texting your mate across the room to see if
s/he was still functioning.
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Storytellers Nuts
and Bolts |
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Single or
Double Quotation Marks?
Many people get mixed up when
it comes to using single and double quotation marks. This is not surprising when
you consider that different countries have different preferences. And to add
more confusion, quotation marks are also known by other names, such as inverted
commas and occasionally aerial commas.
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LadyBug, StoryBug – interview with Karen Chace
Excerpts ...
Karen: A
storyteller share a story? I thought you would never ask!
The Difference Between Heaven and Hell
Many years ago a wealthy man asked a wise Buddhist to see the difference between
Heaven and Hell. The wise man obliged and when the gates of Hell were thrown
open their eyes fell upon a magnificent hall. Before them lay a table set with
the finest china and crystal, each plate sumptuously filled with food and fruits
from the far corners of the world. Every goblet was filled to the brim with
sweet wine. Around the lavish table men and women sat, but their faces were
distorted in agony, their voices rang out in anguish, they were malnourished,
emaciated.
To read more,
please
click here ...
StoryMaker - Interview with James Bonnet
Excerpts ...
James: I make
a distinction between storytelling and storymaking. Storytelling is the
retelling of a tale that already exists. Storymaking involves the invention and
creation of a new story. My work is primarily concerned with the creation of new
stories, either fiction or non-fiction, that will become story films or novels.
Applied to a film, one might say that the screenwriter is the storymaker and the
director is the storyteller, and sometimes the same person functions in both
capacities.
To read more,
please
click here ...
If you'd like to be interviewed for this column, please
contact me at editor@howtotellagreatstory.com
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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.
To read more,
please
click here ...
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ARTICLES FOR STORYTELLERS
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What To Look For
In A Writing Mentor
(The names of the
authors in this article have been changed to protect their privacy.)
First of all, you
have to decide what you need.
Look at your
writing critically, decide where you are deficient, define the areas
where you need to sharpen your skills, and outline the specific
writing goals you want to achieve.
And by specific I
mean very specific.
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It Works
by Ronald G. Miller
Excerpts ...
It Works is a non-fiction piece of work and can
safely be categorised under the self-help genre. On the
back cover of the book, it is stated that Ronald Miller
‘shows us how to achieve all our dreams and desires
through’ mind power and goal setting, the process of
goal setting and tools and resources for successful goal
setting.
To read more,
please
click here
The Mee Street Chronicles: Straight Up
Stories of a Black Woman's Life by Frankie Lennon
Excerpts ...
Autobiographies are a dime a dozen, and going by the
school of thought that everyone has a story in them,
ergo, everyone has an autobiography in them. But what
then makes a memoir powerful? Surely, the thoughts of
figures who have made significant achievements are of
interest to others.
To read more,
please
click here
Ochre As The Earth by Sharanya
Manivannan
Excerpts ...
Sometimes I think you would have to be
absolutely androgynous not to want to make love to me.
As far as opening lines go, this one will forever stand out in my
mind. They were the ones uttered by Sharanya Manivannan during her solo show,
Ochre As The Earth.
To read more,
please
click here
If you would like to submit your own review,
please click here...
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Dear Aneeta,
I've done it! My name
(Noel Gama) is ranked No.1 on all the major search engines like,
Google, Yahoo and MSN. All my main sites get listed on the first
page itself.
My interview with
HowToTellAGreatStory gets listed on the first page itself.
Cheers!!
Noel
A gathering
for book lovers!
Singapore
Book Club
20 July 2007
(Fri)
7 p.m.
Earshot at
the Arts House (1 Old Parliament Lane)
Guests :
Singapore Literature Prize 2006 winners - Yong Shu Hoong & Cyril
Wong
Publishers
Writers Network
7 August
2007 (Tue)
7 p.m.
Play Den at
the Arts House (1 Old Parliament Lane)
Guest: Dilip
Mukerjea, Best-selling author of books in the Creative Brain
series
Please see
attached eflyers for more details.
Information
is also available at
www.bookcouncil.sg
We look
forward to seeing you at the Arts House!
Dear Aneeta,
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Please keep the number of words to no more than 125. Send an
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