Paradise Lost- An Introduction, in Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling, Philip Pullman
The question "Where should my story begin?" is, as every storyteller knows, both immensely important and immensely difficult to answer.
Paradise Lost- An Introduction, in Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling, Philip Pullman The experience of reading poetry aloud when you don't fully understand it is a curious and complicated one. It's like suddenly discovering that you can play the organ. Rolling swells and peals of sound, powerful rhythms and rich harmonies are at your command; and as you utter them you begin to realize that the sound you're releasing from the words as you speak is part of the reason they're there.
Paradise Lost- An Introduction, in Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling, Philip Pullman I knew enough about storytelling by that time to know that if something doesn't help, it'll hinder.
Heinrich von Kleist: "On the Marionette Theatre" - Grace Lost and Regained, in Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling, Philip Pullman But you just try to do better next time.
The Writing of Stories, in Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling, Philip Pullman "Where do I put the camera?" I think that's the basic storytelling question. Where do you see the scene from? What do you tell the reader about it? What's your stance towards the characters?
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