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Sometimes I tell writers, "I can't hear the author crying in this supposedly heartbreaking scene . . . ."

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Something that can help people.

Passed this along to my teachers! 

Rich, immersive, fun, beautiful...especially the music-making portion of this, reminds me of how fun and story and lore (is there a write-up on lore?) can drive learning.

You know, these all sound like great ideas. And you might want to use a few in your organization.

Here's the caveat though -- in my story work with organizations, when they use some of these methods to generate stories, what they sometimes get are NOT stories. More often they are poorly crafted stories.

But the organization thinks what they get are fine. Unfortunately, because they are sub-par, so are their results.

The solution? Either formally train folks in storytelling, or make sure the collected stories are well crafted by someone trained in storytelling. Someone trained in marketing, journalism or PR might not work -- again, personal experience speaks. 

These ideas are creative but treat them wisely. And treat your storytelling seriously to maximize your results.

Thanks Gregg Morris for finding and sharing this article.

This review was written by Karen Dietz for her curated content on business storytelling at www.scoop.it/t/just-story-it

This article shows that it's possible to create a storytelling culture in organisations. However, I think that 'tips' are not enough and there are quite some managers who go for the 'quick win' and 'quick read'. Creating a storytelling culture takes time (not toi mention the maintenance of that, the greatest challenge). If anyone is inspired by this article, I would suggest reading Annette Simmon's 'The Story Factor' and 'Whoever tells the best story wins'. It's all in there...

We all have stories to tell. Our individual stories make the our collective stories. Our stories define who we are. This is a great way to collect stories in organizations. The trick will be to convince people that storytelling is a value added contribution. We tell stories to children because we believe in them but somehow we forget as we get older

Edwin McRae advocates the use of story glyphs to replace annoying NPCs and their "dead-end dialogue".

Oh boy, this is familiar!

Great perspective on a problem that plagues many agencies.

I can totally relate to this essay! Being validated and valued for your work should equate with being compensated for the time spent and the inherent value of the outcome. This is especially true when attempting to achieve simplicity, soemthing that we all know takes a lot of hard work and [complexity].

How to take basic story structure and turn it into great screenwriting ....

The art and the discipline of screenwriting. A long read but worth it.

The art of screenwriting.

If you have a PC, Amazon has a free Kindle book that allows downloading Ebooks through Kindle - often at significantly reduced price from print books. With the addition of this plugin, these books can also be read aloud if the Kindle book has text-to-speech enabled (check for every book -publishers vary). Read more.

Barriers persist in our willingness to embrace this technology in schools. Some of our most dedicated and knowledgeable teachers and tutors remain convinced that listening to text is "not REALLY reading!"

As my friend Ben Foss @benfoss points out there are three ways to read: eye reading, ear reading, and finger reading. Let's do what ever works best is any situation. 

The benefits to all children who want to read with their ears as well as their eyes are many. How many of those same teachers who feel that listening to a book is not really 'reading' would not dream of preparing thier IRS Return without a calculator? Is using a calculator "not really doing math or not really paying your taxes???

Just sayin'

Lou 

A useful guide for anyone who has struggled with the technology to make good quality video/audio recordings.