12. The Power of Story
The challenges in this section focus on building storytelling skills. Good storytellers have power. They can make crying children laugh, calm wild adolescents, subdue angry adults, and impassion entire nations.
Now get started writing!
243. Open Book
Suggested time: 10–15 minutes
If you were a book, what would you be about? What would be your title, your genre, and your main conflict? Write the title and the jacket copy for “you as a book.”
If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten. –Rudyard Kipling
244. Story Starter
Suggested time: 30–45 minutes
For this challenge, start with the sentence ...
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