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Narrative Writing
                    Daniel Flower
Mini-discussion
 Why do we tell stories?
What makes a story great?



                    http://3oneseven.com/29/singin-in-the-rain/
Stories are important
cognitive events, for they

encapsulate
information, knowledge,
context, and emotion.
--Don Norman, Things That Make Us Smart
                                          danorbit.
Stories Use Concrete
Language

                       JD Hancock
Concrete language grabs
attention by appealing to the
five senses.
Stronger imagery creates
deeper impressions on a
reader.
Need Details? Use the RENNS Model




Yau Hoong Tang
TheRENNS Model
             Why did something happen? Why did someone do
Reasons                       something?


Examples   How did it happen? How did someone do something?



Names             Who was involved? Where did it happen?



Numbers        When did it happen? How many were involved?


            hearing      sight        smell       touch         taste
Senses     (auditory)   (visual)   (olfactory)   (tactile)   (gustatory)
1_milano
           Random Characters
Sight


            light and dark, shades and hues,
              visible shape and appearance
timitalia
Thomas Hawk



The restaurant was shaped like a big bottle, though squatter than a
real bottle, and on its cap was a revolving figure of a grinning
boy holding a hamburger aloft.
--Joyce Carol Oates, “Where are you Going, Where have you Been?”
Smell
                             Often used metaphorically
Andrew Morrell Photography
...I remembered clearest of all...how the bedroom smelled of
  the lumber it was made of and of the wet woods whose scent
  entered through the screen. --E.B. White, “Once More to the Lake”

James Jordan
Taste



          Gustatory, detecting flavor--related to smell
ani-bee
...the walking boots that taste
            of Atlantic and Pacific salt...
                --Robert Frost, “A Record Stride”




striatic
Sound      volume
          word choice
             tone

Vox Efx
...there came to my ears a low,
        dull, quick sound, such as a
        watch makes when enveloped
        in cotton.... It was the beating
        of the old man's heart.
          --Edgar Allan Poe, “The Tell Tale Heart”




alvaro tapia hidalgo
Touch


           Tactile experience and
         emotion (tension, reactions)
Shemer
You grasp the bark by a rugged pleat,
   And look up small from the forest's feet.
   --Robert Frost, “On Going Unnoticed”




ben matthews
Ira Glass: A Story’s Building Blocks




                                  713 Avenue
The A
      n                        ecdo
                                                        te
                                                               like
                                                          ntly
                                                     here that
                                                s] in .and
                                           t it' n..
                                      [tha atio
                               form estin            lass
                         h its s a d " --Ira G
                     roug t ha
                 l th tha           n g...
              fee in
           can tra             ethi
                          som
 .. .you on a to find
  be re ing going
     y ou'
                                                                      96dpi
The Moment of Reflection




cambiodefractal
Robert McKee’s
Commandments
of storytelling


                  yoppy
Thou shalt not take the climax
            out of the protagonist’s hands




Βethan
Thou Shalt Not Make Life Easy For The Protagonist
Thou sh
                      alt not
                                use fals
                                        e myste
                                               ry or su
                                                       rprise
practicalowl
Respect Thine
  Audience


                yozz!
Have a god like knowledge of your universe
Use Complexity Rather
Than Complication



                        Thuany Gabriela
Thou Shalt Take Your Characters To The End Of The Line
                                                         emma.c
Thou Shalt Not Write On The Nose Dialogue
                                            B Rosen
Thou Shalt Dramatize Thine Exposition




My Melting Brain
Thou shalt
rewrite
             pj_vanf
becca.peterson26
Stories have the amazing dual power to
simulate and to inspire.
--Chip & Dan Heath, Made to Stick

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Narrative writing

  • 1. Narrative Writing Daniel Flower
  • 2. Mini-discussion Why do we tell stories? What makes a story great? http://3oneseven.com/29/singin-in-the-rain/
  • 3. Stories are important cognitive events, for they encapsulate information, knowledge, context, and emotion. --Don Norman, Things That Make Us Smart danorbit.
  • 5. Concrete language grabs attention by appealing to the five senses.
  • 6. Stronger imagery creates deeper impressions on a reader.
  • 7. Need Details? Use the RENNS Model Yau Hoong Tang
  • 8. TheRENNS Model Why did something happen? Why did someone do Reasons something? Examples How did it happen? How did someone do something? Names Who was involved? Where did it happen? Numbers When did it happen? How many were involved? hearing sight smell touch taste Senses (auditory) (visual) (olfactory) (tactile) (gustatory)
  • 9. 1_milano Random Characters
  • 10. Sight light and dark, shades and hues, visible shape and appearance timitalia
  • 11. Thomas Hawk The restaurant was shaped like a big bottle, though squatter than a real bottle, and on its cap was a revolving figure of a grinning boy holding a hamburger aloft. --Joyce Carol Oates, “Where are you Going, Where have you Been?”
  • 12. Smell Often used metaphorically Andrew Morrell Photography
  • 13. ...I remembered clearest of all...how the bedroom smelled of the lumber it was made of and of the wet woods whose scent entered through the screen. --E.B. White, “Once More to the Lake” James Jordan
  • 14. Taste Gustatory, detecting flavor--related to smell ani-bee
  • 15. ...the walking boots that taste of Atlantic and Pacific salt... --Robert Frost, “A Record Stride” striatic
  • 16. Sound volume word choice tone Vox Efx
  • 17. ...there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton.... It was the beating of the old man's heart. --Edgar Allan Poe, “The Tell Tale Heart” alvaro tapia hidalgo
  • 18. Touch Tactile experience and emotion (tension, reactions) Shemer
  • 19. You grasp the bark by a rugged pleat, And look up small from the forest's feet. --Robert Frost, “On Going Unnoticed” ben matthews
  • 20. Ira Glass: A Story’s Building Blocks 713 Avenue
  • 21. The A n ecdo te like ntly here that s] in .and t it' n.. [tha atio form estin lass h its s a d " --Ira G roug t ha l th tha n g... fee in can tra ethi som .. .you on a to find be re ing going y ou' 96dpi
  • 22. The Moment of Reflection cambiodefractal
  • 24. Thou shalt not take the climax out of the protagonist’s hands Βethan
  • 25. Thou Shalt Not Make Life Easy For The Protagonist
  • 26. Thou sh alt not use fals e myste ry or su rprise practicalowl
  • 27. Respect Thine Audience yozz!
  • 28. Have a god like knowledge of your universe
  • 29. Use Complexity Rather Than Complication Thuany Gabriela
  • 30. Thou Shalt Take Your Characters To The End Of The Line emma.c
  • 31. Thou Shalt Not Write On The Nose Dialogue B Rosen
  • 32. Thou Shalt Dramatize Thine Exposition My Melting Brain
  • 35. Stories have the amazing dual power to simulate and to inspire. --Chip & Dan Heath, Made to Stick