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Emma Coats' Storytelling Guidelines

22 guidelines for storytelling (by Emma Coats via @PeterW__): You admire a character for trying more than for their successes. You gotta keep in mind what’s interesting to you as an audience, not what’s fun to do as a writer. They can be very different. Trying for theme is important, but you won’t see what the story is actually about til you’re at the end of it. Now rewrite. Once upon a time there was ___.
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What I've Been Reading

Here are some of the articles that I’ve found interesting recently (Feb 2015): There’s a blockchain for that! - Medium The Arc of Company Life - and how to Prolong It - First Round Review From 0 to 1B - Slacks Founder Shares Their Epic Launch Strategy - First Round Review When Talking About Bias Backfires - New York Times America’s Mayors - The anti-charm of Rahm - The Economist
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Image Credits

I often use images from Unsplash on this site. Because of the format it is hard to give credit in the post. This post is an attempt to set that right. Closeup photo of eyeglasses - Kevin Ku wall full of sticky notes - Hugo Rocha Rearing tomatoes for self support - Markus Spiske Southern United States from Space - NASA High angle of supermarket - Peter Bond A test chart for color reproduction - Mika Baumeister Road with roadworks - Kevin Kandlbinder Two women talking - Christina @ wocintechchat.
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