*
What Makes A Story Compelling?
If you’re a story teller or aspire to be one, remember this. The main reason why stories become classics are because they put a true mirror to the life of a given time period. Great stories are relevant and universal. They show how and why life changes for most of us.
Compelling stories showcase the vulnerability of humans and the fragility of life. They also have these four qualities. Brevity, Honesty, Humor and Courage. These stories must grab you while reading, haunt you after reading and change you forever.
*
Story Flow Of A Compelling Story:
• Life is in balance, nothing new or eventful.
• Inciting incident: Life goes out of balance.
• To restore balance, the hero’s subjective expectations crash into an cruel objective reality. This is the fundamental conflict.
• Call on the protagonist to work harder with less resources, make difficult decisions, take action despite overwhelming risks, and ultimately prevail or fade.
Inciting Incident –> Pole 1: Hero Acquires Burning, Life and Death Intention –> Obstacles –> Compelling Page Turning: Overcoming Obstacles Drama To Reveal Success Or Failure –> Pole 2: Success Or Failure Tension
*
Kinds Of Ironies in Stories:
* DRAMATIC IRONY:
In this type of irony, the audience knows more about the immediate or future circumstances than the characters themselves. Ex: A character is going to meet a person that the audience already knows is dead.
* SITUATIONAL IRONY:
The most used form of irony, the irony of situation happens when there’s a discrepancy between the result the character expects to the actual outcome.
*
Words Of A Compelling Story:
• Start With The Setting
• Few words as first sentence, but packed with info.
• Parachute it. Start the story from the middle.
• Show, Don’t Tell. Example: Hairs on the back of my neck stood up.
• Paint A Picture
* * *
Writing Hacks And Essays On Life
Metro: A Soft Key Radio And The Melting Pot
What Is Truly Behind Our Anger & Stuff That My Grandma Would Totally Do – Live With Rachana | Ep 10
Tips To Look After Your Husband – Excerpts From A 1950’s Home Economics Text Book
Here’s What Empathy In Action Looks Like. In The Ability To Not Hurt Even An Infant. {Video}
12 Ways To Write A Great Poem, And How To Inspire Your Reader To Action
On How To Write. Writing Hacks, Compelling Story Telling And Essays On Life
A Day In The Life Of A Teacher – USA Edition
Short Story Fiction: Haunted and Helpless – A Journey In Autism
A Collection Of Short Stories – Life, Love And Desires In Fiction
Short Story Fiction: Bring The Boys Back Home
Short Story Fiction: Pregnant Brains, Infertile Bodies
Many Predicaments In Life. Writing Poetry Cannot Be One.
Mom And The Pope On The Same Page? Well This Meme Made It Happen.
Short Story Fiction: Kim Jong Il And The Nuclear Family Paradox
Short Story Fiction: Turns Out I Am Dirt Poor
In the Age of Dank Memes, Why Read Poetry?
The Mother Of All Emotions
Still Standing, Still Standing..
The Emigrant’s Anthem
You Know You’re a Mom When..
The Many Predicaments of a Single Woman
Momentous: A Poem On The Value Of Time
When Home Is Still Here And We Aren’t
ప్రియ శరణార్థీ! నా జీవితం ఇలా నడవనీ.. (Dear Refugee, My Life Must Go On..)
The Indian American Mom’s Weekly Review – Thursday
The Indian American Mom’s Weekly Review – Wednesday
The Indian American Mom’s Weekly Review – Tuesday
The Indian American Mom’s Weekly Review – Monday
Why Darkness Can Be a Gift
Standing up to Amy Schumer
Dear Refugee, My Life Must Go On..
Momentous: A Poem On The Value Of Time
Perceiving My Anthropology
If Oreos Were Pets
A Krash Kourse on The Kardashians
To My Estranged One
Yours Singularly
Still Standing, Still Standing..
Dear Lena: An Open Letter
Dear Sons: Full Disclosure
Now – A Poem on Time
Child Bearers of the World
The 2014 Indian-American Documentary
The MBA Commencement Speech – Secrets of Your Unsuccess
Tea Rings
Love Made Me Do It
Temples in Our Hearts
26 Awesome Moments for Indian-Americans during #ModiInAmerica
Questions, just ask!
Text or Call: 678.310.5025 | Email: info@futurestrongacademy.com
Bringing a Group? Email us for a special price!