I get this question a lot these days: What makes a story a story? Every time I think I know the answer, someone changes the question.
Can you really tell stories in newspapers? Is there a place for storytelling in blogs and on websites? Can you write a good story in 300 words or less? 100 or less? How about 140 characters or less?
Isn’t the upside-down-ness of inverted pyramids and blogs and social networks hostile to the one-two-three power of narrative?
I addressed these questions in this week’s writing chat and offered some on-the-spot advice on how to turn that inverted pyramid frown upside down. You can replay the chat here …
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