4 Rules Every Great Story Lives By

<p>Everyone loves being able to tell a great story. Whether you&rsquo;re an acclaimed novelist, an amateur poet, or just the jokester of your friend group,<strong>&nbsp;you probably thrive off of being able to articulate a series of events</strong>&nbsp;in a captivating way.</p> <p>In high school, my best friend and I competed in improv competitions where we would have two minutes to plan out a five-minute skit with characters and objects we&rsquo;d only just been assigned.</p> <blockquote> <p>&ldquo;The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.&rdquo; &mdash; Brandon Sanderson, fantasy and science fiction writer</p> </blockquote> <p>That was probably the greatest crash course on storytelling you ever could have given me &mdash; because&nbsp;<strong>slowly but surely we caught on to the formula,</strong>&nbsp;the series of rules, that seems to work every time. Here are a few simple truths that made our short stories work:</p> <p><a href="https://katieelawrence.medium.com/4-rules-every-great-story-lives-by-e6a81b24c01b">Click Here</a></p>
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