- Nov 07, 2020
Story Quotes
Every story is worth telling well.
One line here is about recognizing a story too rarely told, another about a lasting preference for tales of the underdog and survival. For similar reflections, see our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write to satisfy the story or poem or piece of fascinating research that speaks to me. To rub a sore, to resonate with joy, to answer a question no one else has satisfactorily answered for me.
- don't Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't care whether the story is real or fantastical. I tell the story that needs to be told.
- Coincidence
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- Nov 07, 2020
A common complaint about stories that include excessive coincidence is that the story is 'unrealistic.'
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
In any story, drama may be intensified by the characters realizing by how narrow a margin they had managed to succeed - that is, where coincidence played a role. This is one of the more realistic ways to use coincidence because rarely do we realize how important a coincidental event is until after the fact.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went to a seminar early in my career on the craft of storytelling by Robert McKee. It was really life altering. There are basic principles on how to craft an engaging story and he covers them well. He's got a book out, 'Story,' that I would highly recommend to anyone interested in improve their storytelling.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say I'm a storyteller first, but game making is very wrapped up in how I think of story. If I were to have a story idea, and I decided to write a novel with it instead, I'd have to very consciously de-couple it from gamedom - for example, deliberately add in things that could not be represented in a game scene.
- Purity
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I read Andrew Motion's biography, I wept. It's something about the purity of the story and how fresh it was because of the love letters Keats wrote.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
You need to be invested in what happens. The characters are your conduit to the story. Many modern horror films are fun but not frightening because one has not connected with the characters.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every role is physical to a certain extent, but as a viewer, I don't respond well to actors doing more than they need to tell a story.
- Nov 07, 2020
Rather than a horror film, a ghost story is different because a ghost is what you can't quite see.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
The vast majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a picture as a picture, apart from any story which it may be supposed to tell.
- Pretty
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- Nov 07, 2020