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emotionally compelling stories, fiction, nonfiction

How to tell an emotionally compelling story

March 22, 2023

I recently read The Story Paradox by Jonathan Gottschall, which is all about the dangers of storytelling. If you’re interested in learning how stories work, you’ll want to set aside some time to read this book. I wanted to talk about a point he makes early in the book, which is that stories where the […]
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emotionally compelling stories, fiction, general advice, resolutions

How to end a story

December 7, 2022

Authors sometimes fail to create successful story resolutions because they end up with resolutions that do not reflect the protagonist’s efforts to reach the story goal. So, for example, if the protagonist’s story goal is to save the family farm in Kansas, and for eighty thousand words we see her defeat challenges ranging from tornadoes […]
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emotionally compelling stories, fiction, general advice

How to tell an emotionally compelling story

November 30, 2022

I recently read The Story Paradox by Jonathan Gottschall, which is all about the dangers of storytelling. If you’re interested in learning how stories work, you’ll want to set aside some time to read this book. I wanted to talk about a point he makes early in the book, which is that stories where the […]
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