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There are many ways to create suspense in a story, but here is one of the simplest ones:
Delay naming objects or people. Describe them first.
A few examples from actual stories I tell:
A small hand...
On Thanksgiving morning, I was writing about giving thanks, and I found myself wondering about what I had been thankful for in previous years. So I looked back on Thanksgivings from the past to see wh...
Last week I was speaking to about 40 college students – future teachers – on the topics of writing, student engagement, and the realities of the teaching profession. It was a group of about 35 women a...
I’m often asked – yesterday, in fact – about what I do when I’m consulting with a corporation, an advertising agency, or a business owner.
More specifically, how can a storyteller like me help a Fort...
When I was 11 or 12 years old, I saw ET the Extraterrestrial in The Stadium in Woonsocket, RI.
Like every other human being on the planet, I loved it.
But despite my love, I also despised the scene ...
The tragedy of the cheetah is that it doesn’t even know that it’s the fastest land animal.
It’s champion of the world, yet it has no way of knowing it.
I hate that. It’s odd, but I really do.
It’s ...
I had my annual physical last week, with a new doctor for the first time in a long time.
My previous doctor – and coincidentally Elysha’s doctor as well – retired last year, so after more than two de...
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