Unlike athletes, writers hit their peak pretty late in life. This is partly thanks to practice, partly because life experience yields richer stories, and partly because they’ve had a chance to learn from their past work and past selves.
Chilean novelist Isabel Allende needs no introduction; the world’s most widely read Spanish-language author, Allende boasts a trophy cabinet full of awards and honors, including the Obama-bestowed Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Who, what, when, where, why, and how? Six key questions for any storyteller to answer. But, even knowing that, how do you actually bring these vital tools to bear on your writing?
The key thing to understand is that narrative exists on many different levels. There’s little that a satisfying story does that a satisfying scene doesn’t need to do, and since stories are ultimately just a collection of scenes, it makes sense to build from the ground up.
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