How To Best More HOW TO TELL A STORY
Storytelling is one of the oldest pastimes. Everyone loves a good story, but it's often hard to find someone who can tell one. The best way to learn how to tell a story is to read books on the subject, such as "How to Tell a Story" by Peter Ruby and Gary Provost or another book published by Writer's Digest Books. Perhaps the two best books on the subject are John Truby's "Anatomy of a Story" and Ray Bradbury's "Jane and the Art of Writing."
Unfortunately most people don't take the time to learn the basic techniques of storytelling and when they try to tell a story, they lose their audience. Others refuse to study storytelling techniques because they fear they will lose their creativity by following a formulaic story structure.
However, just like building a house, there are a few things you need to know in order to tell a story. Learning to read blueprints, how to swing a hammer and lay a roof is as essential to a carpenter as it is to a storyteller to learn how to build a story, how to write a basic plot outline and a scene. How to write ,So here's a quick start on how to tell a story. Hopefully, anyone reading this will be able to gain some insight into the subject for the enjoyment of their future visitors.
The story consists of three parts:
1. Beginning.
2. Medium.
3. End.
Traditionally, therefore, stories are divided into three acts. Breaking down your story into three acts will help you understand the basic structure of the story. However, this technique will only work for generic stories. Something like a novel or screenplay requires a more complex structure.
There are six parts to a story in these three categories:
Act I
1. Introduction.
2. Rising action.
Act II
3. Complexity.
4. Crisis.
Act III
5. Climax.
6. Resolution.
The startup has three goals:
The first goal is to get the ball rolling by introducing the main characters and the setting they are in.
The second goal is to provide your audience with something exciting and engaging.
The third goal at the beginning of the story is to identify the villain and the main story goal.
All three goals must be accomplished very quickly, often in the first scene.
The selection of a setting depends on the type of story and the wishes of the storyteller. For example, a Gothic adventure might take place in Hungary or Transylvania and be set in the 15th or 16th century. The Arthurian stories take place in an earlier time in England. The setting will have a big impact on how the story is told.
Characters often take up a large part of the beginning of the story and this can slow things down considerably. Care must be taken to avoid long character introductions, as they may die before the story begins. One of the signs of an amateur storyteller is using a large part of the characters in the opening story.
Characters are identified by what they do, not by who they appear to be. A person's work speaks louder than anything else. Many people begin to describe a character by their appearance, but in reality these physical characteristics are the least important thing about a person.
The characters should write the story of something.
Weakness/need
Good characters will have an inner need, such as the need to fall in love, and this inner goal will influence all of the character's actions. Characters must also have a major character flaw, such as distrust of the opposite sex.
Characters can have many flaws, but one will overwhelm the other and block the character's inner need, preventing the character from achieving what they want. Character defects can be things like quick temper, desire to become rich and powerful, cowardice etc. This vulnerability/need is the basis for character transformation, which is what the stories are about.
There are two types of vulnerabilities:
psychological and moral.
Psychological weakness is something that damages character.
A moral weakness is something that harms character and others as well.
It has also been said that the story is not about what happens but to whom it happens. A story is how a character changes or is told differently from the events of the plot; A story is about how a character overcomes his failures.
Many have argued which aspect of the story is more important, the plot or the characters. In a good story, both will support each other.
The plot consists of the events that occur in the story and the revelations discovered. Plot determines what happens in the outer story. It is often called the backbone of the st
Characters control what happens in the internal story, how they react to plot events. This part of the story is also called the heart of the story.
Thus, a good story will tell two stories
The best way to learn how to tell a story is to read books on the subject, such as "How to Tell a Story" by Peter Ruby and Gary Provost or another book published by Writer's Digest Books. Perhaps the two best books on the subject are John Truby's "Anatomy of a Story" and Ray Bradbury's "Jane and the Art of Writing". Learning to read blueprints, how to swing a hammer and lay a roof is as essential to a carpenter as it is to a storyteller to learn how to build a story, how to write a basic plot outline and a scene. The startup has three goals: The first goal is to get the ball rolling by introducing the main characters and the setting they are in. The third goal at the beginning of the story is to identify the villain and the main story goal. The selection of a setting depends on the type of story and the wishes of the storyteller. The setting will have a big impact on how the story is told. Characters often take up a large part of the beginning of the story and this can slow things down considerably. One of the signs of an amateur storyteller is using a large part of the characters in the opening story. It is often called the backbone of the st Characters control what happens in the internal story, how they react to plot events.
The startup has three goals: The first goal is to get the ball rolling by introducing the main characters and the setting they are in. The third goal at the beginning of the story is to identify the villain and the main story goal.One of the signs of an amateur storyteller is using a large part of the characters in the opening story. Characters often take up a large part of the beginning of the story and this can slow things down considerably. Perhaps the two best books on the subject are John Truby's "Anatomy of a Story" and Ray Bradbury's "Jane and the Art of Writing". It is often called the backbone of the st Characters control what happens in the internal story, how they react to plot events.
