Monthly Archives: July 2006

Carnival of Storytelling #2

July 31, 2006 – 11:10 pm

Welcome to the Carnival of Storytelling!
Thanks to everyone who submitted articles. Please show your support by checking out other articles on these blogs.
I’m still recruiting other bloggers to host the Carnival of Storytelling. If you would like to host an edition of the Carnival of Storytelling, please let me know.
Now, the most interesting posts in [...]

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Carnival of Storytelling #1

July 24, 2006 – 9:56 am

Welcome to the premier edition of the Carnival of Storytelling!
Thanks to everyone who submitted articles. I really enjoyed discovering great blogs. Please show your support by checking out other articles on these blogs.
I’m hoping to recruit some other bloggers to host the Carnival of Storytelling. And I’m encouraged by the response to this first edition. [...]

By J. Timothy King | Posted in Carnival of Storytelling | Comments (2)

About the Carnival of Storytelling

July 22, 2006 – 1:49 pm

The Carnival of Storytelling is a blog carnival that explores tips, techniques, and issues we encounter as fiction writers, whatever media we write for. Posts talk about conflict, character, plot, creativity, style, and every other aspect of creating stories. They may also include story analysis of published books, films, and games. I try to shy [...]

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What Is a “Story”?

July 12, 2006 – 10:26 pm

What is a story? That’s a good question. For a good answer, let’s look at the traditional short story. It follows a standard pattern, because the pattern works. And it works not only in short stories, but in stories of all types and lengths, and even in some forms we don’t usually consider to be [...]

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