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The Secret to Being a Great Storyteller

by marissa | Sep 4, 2013 | Craft of Storytelling (Writing Techniques & Ideas)

The people who master an art like storytelling are not aliens with freakish talents and powers; they’re just the people who care the most. It takes a massive amount of self-discipline and faith to devote years and years to getting incrementally better at a...

Writers on writing process

by marissa | Oct 18, 2012 | Craft of Storytelling (Writing Techniques & Ideas)

TREASURE! Today I stumbled upon this collection of short clips from the Writer’s Confessions series: writers talking about the writing process. They’re good! I watched them all… Here are some of my favorite quotes>>> Claudia Dey on how...

Review: Sleights of Mind

by marissa | Oct 15, 2012 | Craft of Storytelling (Writing Techniques & Ideas), Science (Cosmos, Mind & Psychology of Reading)

Aside from being interesting for anyone who is curious about how magic tricks work (or about how to be less gullible in general), Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday Deceptions is a pretty fascinating book for writers, mainly...

The evolution of a writer

by marissa | Oct 6, 2012 | Craft of Storytelling (Writing Techniques & Ideas)

Another great quote from one of my favourite books, Science Fiction 101 by Robert Silverberg. A lot of narrative technique is actually something that you figure out unconsciously as you absorb other people’s narratives; later you may consciously codify a set of...

Bicycles and storytelling

by marissa | Sep 16, 2012 | Craft of Storytelling (Writing Techniques & Ideas)

I’m back from my cycling trip! It was great, thanks for asking. I managed to soak up some of the serene countryside of Germany and Denmark, catch some great stand-up shows at a comedy festival in Copenhagen, and bust my knees from pedalling too much. Remind me...
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