Developing Story Ideas

The vast majority of screenplay and writing books that focus on story development have little to say about the initial concept that inspired the piece. Developing Story Ideas: The Power and Purpose of Storytelling, Third Edition ...

Author: Michael Rabiger

Publisher: CRC Press

ISBN: 9781317351467

Category: Performing Arts

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The vast majority of screenplay and writing books that focus on story development have little to say about the initial concept that inspired the piece. Developing Story Ideas: The Power and Purpose of Storytelling, Third Edition provides writers with ideational tools and resources to generate a wide variety of stories in a broad range of forms. Celebrated filmmaker and author Michael Rabiger demonstrates how to observe situations and themes in the writer’s own life experience, and use these as the basis for original storytelling. This new edition has been updated with chapters on adaptation, improvisation, and cast collaboration’s roles in story construction, as well as a companion website featuring further projects, class assignments, instructor resources, and more. Gain the practical tools and resources you need to spark your creativity and generate a wide variety of stories in a broad range of forms, including screenplays, documentaries, novels, short stories, and plays Through hands-on, step-by-step exercises and group and individual assignments, learn to use situations and themes from your own life experience, dreams, myth, and the news as the basis for character-driven storytelling; harness methods of screenplay format, dialogue, plot structure, and character development that will allow your stories to reach their fullest potential
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How To Develop Story Line Ideas

▻How to Develop Story Line Ideas Jo Ann M. Colton's “Little Red Writer Book” Series Book 2 (Nonfiction) How to Develop Story Line Ideas is a stimulant for the imaginative mind. Designed to help new writers seek and recognize a plethora ...

Author: Jo Ann M. Colton

Publisher: AuthorHouse

ISBN: 1449072275

Category: Self-Help

Page: 82

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How to Develop Story Line Ideas is a stimulant for the imaginative mind. Designed to help new writers seek and recognize a plethora of ideas for books and other pieces, Book 2 of Jo Ann M. Colton’s “Little Red Writer Book” Series energizes aspiring writers to follow their literary dreams and aim high for success. Story line ideas are everywhere—often right before our very eyes. Colton discusses what she believes to be the fundamental foundation for developing ideas for writing books, short stories and articles, and then expands upon her theories. This seek-and-you-will-find guide provides innovative tips, information and exercises to increase writers’ mental acuity and get their creative juices flowing. From embracing the idea of writing to discovering and gathering story line ideas to getting those ideas down on paper, the book encourages writers to push themselves toward greater accomplishments. As a result, How to Develop Story Line Ideas is an interesting and enjoyable motivational experience for rising writers.
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Plot Development

A book on plotting isn't worth much if you have no story idea to outline. It's like fishing without bait. Pretty useless... While this book will assume that you already have the story's premise developed, and that you are looking for a ...

Author: Jesper Schmidt

Publisher: Fantasy Publishing

ISBN:

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 285

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Do you want to write a stronger story? Would you like to worry less about plot holes and weak characters? Some writers shy away from outlining, believing it their worst nightmare, and state that time is better spent writing a novel than planning it. Then there are those who’ve tried plotting, perhaps more than a few times, only to get lost in the weeds and overwhelmed by frustration. Stories that work all follow a certain structure; you just need to learn how to apply it. Plot Development is a step-by-step guide which will teach you: ● How to decide on the number of characters to include in your novel ● How to make each character come alive with their own wants and needs ● How to choose between different types of outlines ● How to develop engaging events and where to place them within your story ● How to enhance your plot with potent subplots ● How to build chapters, designed to deliver an immersing experience for the reader ● How to review and edit your outline to make it even better ● How to enrich your opening and closing chapters Included are seven bonus chapters, covering important topics like: theme, beta readers, short story plotting, and much more. Additionally, you’ll be able to download an outline template to provide an in-depth guide for your plotting. No more getting lost in those weeds! Plot Development is brought to you by two bestselling authors, who have published more than twenty novels between them. Leverage the power of story structure and take your writing to the next level.
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Now Write

happened to you, whatever—which you feel could be the starting point for a character or a conflict in a story. ... Now take one of the remaining two seed ideas and combine it with the story idea you've been developing.

Author: Sherry Ellis

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 9781101117835

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 288

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A collection of personal writing exercises and commentary from some of today's best novelists, short story writers, and writing teachers, including Jill McCorkle, Amy Bloom, Robert Olen Butler, Steve Almond, Jayne Anne Phillips, Virgil Suarez, Margot Livesay, and more. What's the secret behind the successful and prolific careers of critically acclaimed novelists and short story writers Amy Bloom, Steve Almond, Jayne Anne Phillips, Alison Lurie, and others? Divine assistance? Otherworldly talent? An unsettlingly close relationship with the Muse? While the rest of us are staring at blank sheets of paper, struggling to come up with a first sentence, these writers are busy polishing off story after story and novel after novel. Despite producing work that may seem effortless, all of them have a simple technique for fending off writer's block: the writing exercise. In Now Write!, Sherry Ellis collects the personal writing exercises of today's best writers and lays bare the secret to their success. - In "The Photograph," Jill McCorkle divulges one of her tactics for handling material that takes plots in a million different directions; - National Book Award-nominee Amy Bloom offers "Water Buddies," an exercise for writers practicing their craft in workshops; - Steve Almond, author of My Life in Heavy Metal and Candyfreak, provides a way to avoiding purple prose in "The Five-Second Shortcut to Writing in the Lyric Register"; - and eighty-three more of the country's top writers disclose their strategies for creating memorable prose. Complemented by brief commentary from the authors themselves, the exercises in Now Write! are practical and hands-on. By encouraging writers to shamelessly steal proven techniques that have yielded books which have won National Book Awards, Pulitzers, and Guggenheim grants, Now Write! inspires the aspiring writer to write now.
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Journalism of Ideas

Brainstorming, Developing, and Selling Stories in the Digital Age Daniel Reimold. friend and telling them about something you are ... Good journalists keep thisin mind when developing storyideas. If the reader cannot tell from the first ...

Author: Daniel Reimold

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781136206283

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 384

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Journalism of Ideas is a comprehensive field guide for brainstorming, discovering, reporting, digitizing, and pitching news, opinion, and feature stories within journalism 2.0. With on-the-job advice from professional journalists, activities to sharpen your multimedia reporting skills, and dozens of story ideas ripe for adaptation, Dan Reimold helps you develop the journalistic know-how that will set you apart at your campus media outlet and beyond. The exercises, observations, anecdotes, and tips in this book cover every stage of the story planning and development process, including how news judgment, multimedia engagement, records and archival searches, and various observational techniques can take your reporting to the next level. Separate advice focuses on the storytelling methods involved in data journalism, photojournalism, crime reporting, investigative journalism, and commentary writing. In addition to these tricks of the trade, Journalism of Ideas features an extensive set of newsworthy, timely, and unorthodox story ideas to jumpstart your creativity. The conversation continues on the author’s blog, College Media Matters. Reimold also shows students how to successfully launch a career in journalism: the ins and outs of pitching stories, getting your work published, and navigating the post-graduation job search. Related sections of the book highlight the art of freelancing 2.0, starting an independent site, blogging, constructing quality online portfolios, securing internships, and building a social media following.
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Broadcast News

Many are about breaking news stories— a shooting heard from the listener's bedroom window or a fire spotted by someone walking ... The story attracted national attention when it was broadcast. ... be encouraged to develop story ideas.

Author: Ted White

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

ISBN: 9780240806594

Category: Performing Arts

Page: 507

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"Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing, Fourth Edition examines the skills, technologies, and challenges of writing, reporting, and producing for broadcast journalism. Along with complete coverage of the fundamentals, this book contains writing samples from some of the most famous broadcast journalists, including Edward R. Murrow, Charles Kuralt, Cokie Roberts, Eric Sevareid, Pauline Frederick, Charles Osgood, Paul Harvey, Betsy Aaron, Bob Dotson, Susan Stamberg, and Richard Threlkeld, who also discuss how they write and report."--BOOK JACKET.
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Writing Awesome Answers to Comprehension Questions Even the Hard Ones

2.3: What is the central idea/theme of ______ and how does the author develop it? 2.4: What is the main idea of this [paragraph] and how does the author develop it? 2.5: Briefly summarize this story including only the key points.

Author: Nancy Boyles

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN: 9781324015925

Category: Education

Page: 352

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Help students appreciate texts and write about them with conviction. Responding to a comprehension question is a surprisingly complex task. It draws on multiple skills: students must be able to read and analyze a text passage; consider what aspect of the text the question addresses; and then quickly and concisely write about their ideas, citing evidence to support them. Hence the prominence of constructed-response questions in standardized testing. In this refreshingly clear and upbeat guide, literacy consultant Nancy Boyles gives a step-by-step demonstration of how to help students achieve success with this task—and in the process of unpacking the steps involved, demonstrates how the instruction can inspire teachers’ creativity as well as deepen students’ literacy skills. Filled with ready-to-use scaffolds for every stage of instruction—sets of sample questions, anchor charts, cue cards, answer frames—this is a one-stop resource for teaching students how to organize their thoughts about what they’ve read, and then set them down in writing.
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Directing

DEVELOPING. YOUR. STORY. IDEAS. THE. DEVELOPMENTAL. PROCESS. Because a director is a leader responsible for the overall dramatic statement of a film, he or she must know how to choose a piece of writing for the screen and how to shape ...

Author: Michael Rabiger

Publisher: CRC Press

ISBN: 9781136042508

Category: Performing Arts

Page: 560

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Directing: Film Techniques and Aesthetics is a comprehensive manual that teaches the essentials of filmmaking from the perspective of the director. Ideal for film production and directing classes, as well as for aspiring and current directors, Directing covers all phases of preproduction and production, from idea development to final cut. Thoroughly covering the basics, Directing guides the reader to professional standards of expression and control, and goes to the heart of what makes a director. The book outlines a great deal of practical work to meet this goal, with projects, exercises. The third edition emphasizes the connection between knowing and doing, with every principle realizable through projects and exercises. Much has been enhanced and expanded, notably: aspects of dramaturgy; beats and dramatic units; pitching stories and selling one's work; the role of the entrepreneurial producer; and the dangers of embedded moral values. Checklists are loaded with practical recommendations for action, and outcomes assessment tables help the reader honestly gauge his or her progress. Entirely new chapters present: preproduction procedures; production design; script breakdown; procedures and etiquette on the set; shooting location sound; continuity; and working with a composer. The entire book is revised to capitalize on the advantages offered by the revolutionary shift to digital filmmaking.
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Story Crafting

If students are going to develop stories from ideas or outlines, the teacher may wish to remind them that they must follow the steps as outlined in Getting Started—developing the dramatic conflict, establishing the theme, ...

Author: Arlene F. Marks

Publisher: R&L Education

ISBN: 9781475807349

Category: Education

Page: 240

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The “Literacy: Made for All” series is a classroom-ready, teacher-friendly resource for English and Writing teachers of Grades 9 through 12. Organized buffet style, it is designed to complement an existing English curriculum by providing a tested repertoire of strategies for teaching both writing skills and literary analysis techniques. STORY CRAFTING focuses on the creation, editing, polishing and sharing of short stories and longer prose fiction.
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Cengage Advantage Books Think Like an Editor 50 Strategies for the Print and Digital World

When editors work with reporters to develop good enterprise story ideas, they take the first step in a process. They originate ideas. They think about the possibilities. Developing enterprise stories can be a challenge because it takes ...

Author: Steve Davis

Publisher: Cengage Learning

ISBN: 9781285415307

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 384

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THINK LIKE AN EDITOR is designed for the new breed of editors who are evolving at the same time news and information sharing is changing. The book encourages students to apply themselves confidently, to think analytically, to examine information with scrutiny, and to see the big picture. Organized by the 50 strategies of editing and working, each strategy section is two to six pages long, which makes content easy to find for both students and professors. The text combines an examination of content depth with insight into the process behind editorial decision-making. Full of tips, lists, and memory aids, THINK LIKE AN EDITOR works similarly to a brief handbook of editing. The second edition features new strategies to help students think creatively in a world of social media, handle multiple platforms, and keep readers engaged. Both basic skills and advanced concepts of editing are covered. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
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