You’ve heard this before…or, maybe we forgot to include the foreshadowing…
In today’s episode, we talk with Chad Corrie (www.chadcorrie.com) about foreshadowing and tying up your story. What information did you feed your readers? Did you give them enough information to keep reading? Does the ending make sense to the characters, writers, and readers?
Quote of the week:
“The way of a man’s heart will be foreshadowed by what goodness lies in him – coming from above, and from around; but a way foreshadowed is not a way made.”
~ Donald G. Mitchell
Writing Prompt for the week:
Use a sense of foreshadowing to write a short story, novella, or longer about how an unsuspecting, lucky character wins the lottery. We think that winning is all by chance. However, could we do things in our lives to actually lead up to winning a lottery? Pull out the details and become part of the story itself…Was it belief? Was it luck? Or, was it just where his life was headed? You decide and share it on www.storyinsitute.com, but write and enjoy.
If you are an author in search of readers or have comments about our show, contact us:
ramblingverser@storyinstitute.com
615-431-WRIT (9748)
Remember to Imagine, Enhance, and Grow your stories @ www.storyinstitute.com
Running Time: 21 minutes 45 seconds
Tags: Author conversations, Chad Corrie, creativity, foreshadowing, Tying up stories, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
Get motivated and create action within your stories…
In today’s episode, we talk with Chad Corrie (www.chadcorrie.com) about motive and influencing action within a story. Why do characters behave the way they do? Where do the characters look to motivation? Well, if you are a writer, these items originate and grow from you.
Quote of the week:
“How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure. ”
~ William James
Writing Prompt for the week:
Use the quote of the week to remind or find your happiness. Where will you lead your characters and how will they find their happiness. How much will they be willing to endure as they struggle toward their happiness? Write it in a poem, short story, or novel, but write and enjoy.
If you are an author in search of readers or have comments about our show, contact us:
ramblingverser@storyinstitute.com
615-431-WRIT (9748)
Remember to Imagine, Enhance, and Grow your stories @ www.storyinstitute.com
Running Time: 19 minutes 7 seconds
Tags: Author conversations, Chad Corrie, creating action, motive, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
Add a conflict or don’t…being conflicted within your story…
In today’s episode, we talk with Chad Corrie (www.chadcorrie.com) about conflict in a story. Stories need conflict of some sort to grow, progress, and maintain interest. What is the conflict within your story? How have you let it grow?
Listen in as we discuss the basics and some examples of different types of conflict.
Quote of the week:
“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”
~ Mark Twain
Writing Prompt for the week:
Since we focused on conflict for the topic today, write a poem about your favorite fairytale and, summarizing and growing the conflict even further. Remember poems have all the emotion bottled up in a tiny space, so choose your words and flow wisely…
For short stories or novels, taking a good fairy tale again, use the exisiting conflict to extend the story. Write about what happened after the story ended and one of the characters did not experience the happily ever after…Does a new conflict exist? Or, has just the setting changed.
If you are an author in search of readers or have comments about our show, contact us at:
ramblingverser@storyinstitute.com
615-431-WRIT (9748)
Running Time: 19 minutes 44 seconds
Tags: Author conversations, Chad Corrie, conflict, notebook, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
Adding character to your characters…Conversations about writing…Chad Corrie & John E Murray III
Quote by Jim Henson: “Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.”
This week, we talk about characters, how they start, and how they grow into the breath of their stories…
We are giving away copies of autographed copies of books from some of the authors we have interviewed…you must register for our forums to win…Tell us what you believe the inspiration of this week’s poem was or share one of your own…each will be entered to receive a book.
Short Story Topic – Finding the Golden Path Home
The clouds cleared and the rainbow made its way across the sky. Tiny feet scurried trying to locate the end of the brightly colored ribbon of light. When you lose the magic that brought you to this land and have no other way back to your own home, you keep trying no matter how long it has been between rainbows. Sure, you have maintained those simple party tricks with playing cards, pulling one coin out of random places, and basic mind-reading, but you lack the direction to find the end and true pot of gold…the path back home.
Decide on how you got here in the first place. Decide if you will truly tell this tale in the first person. Decide on the characters met along this most recent path to the end. Decide if the tale continues or silences after this episode. Decide how long this lost soul has remained without his own country. Decide on your path. Decide on your direction. Decide on the story and write. Post it at www.stoyinstitute.com, or share elsewhere, but write and enjoy…
Poetry Topic – Seashells
No two seashells are alike, yet they group themselves in the same places. They float and they sink. They migrate and are migrated. Some are flatter than others. Some are smooth and others posses ripples and ridges. Many have various colors that allow them to sparkle in the sunlight and catch your eye as you stroll down the beach. A few others are dull in nature and blend into the glistening sand.
Do you think about hearing the ocean? Do you hear the ocean when holding up a shell to your ear? Are these the same seashells that cover the clam shaped beings that were lost somewhere along the way to the shore? Decide on the adventure these residents of the deep took to reach the surface and share the story in verse. Post it www.storyinstitute.com, or share elsewhere, but write and enjoy…
Contact Story Institute at: ramblingverser@storyinstitute.com; 615-431-WRIT(9748); or share a review on iTunes
Running Time: 27 minutes 56 seconds
Tags: Author conversations, Chad Corrie, character formation, characters, Tales of Tralodren, The Adventures of Corwyn, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
Plot your plot…Conversations about writing…Chad Corrie & John E Murray III
Quote by Walt Disney: ““Ideas come from curiosity. When I settle one idea, my confidence takes command; and nothing can shake it, and I am constant to it until it comes a reality. Then I drop it abruptly, and rarely mention it again.”
Poem from John E. Murray, III:
Up, Up, and You get the Picture
Up, up, and away from
The newly formed layers of concrete
Into the cushy pillows of little sleep.
Up, up, and away from
The familiar phases of dark and light
Into the soft glows of the pulsing spark.
Up, up, and away from
The toys of coming technology
Into the papers tending toward history.
Up, up, and away from
Work, friends, and family
Into the solitude of a speck others barely see.
Up, up, and away
Bring back the comfort of yesterday
And, stay lost for a future day.
This week, we talk about plot and where it leads each writer and how each writer leads it…
We are giving away copies of autographed copies of books from some of the authors we have interviewed…you must register for our forums to win…Tell us what you believe the inspiration of this week’s poem was or share one of your own…each will be entered to receive a book.
Short Story Topic – Spirits in the Family
Ghosts are just a part of our imagination and storylines. Ghosts are visions, merely illusions that interact with the residents of this realm only to be shunned and frightened. There is a small family of spirits that somehow bonded, connected together, and decided to live together in an old television. They continually put on shows that they’ve seen either before or after they entered this unique new world. The television was located safely inside a museum, so the family was able to remain and put on the shows each evening.
Decide on the location. Decide on the make up of the family. Is the story just about the ghosts and the tv? Is the story light-hearted? Or, is the story a bit more intense? Decide on the interactions the spirits may have with the living if any. Decide on the personalities of each ghost. Do other relatives come to visit? Or, is it just this small group who became a closer unit? Decide on the path. Decide on the story, and write.
Poetry Topic – Identifying Happiness:
Happiness is a special emotion and unique to each individual. We each experience happiness in our own way. We relate to this word differently depending on our experiences and connections to others. We feel the word based on our internal dictionary. A dictionary created by our own sense of happiness. What is yours? Write about the emotions and post it here, or share elsewhere, but write and enjoy…
Happiness is shared here through what we identify with…
Wondrous Happiness
My heart alone can not sustain this wondrous happiness,
But, together alone, the inner greatness may grow,
And emotions sealed long ago, will continue to show.
Stay with me as we share this special journey,
For then the true intensity we may see.
As we tread forward into the future we create,
Let this bond we make test the depths of fate.
Our love will undoubtedly blossom into a full and beautiful flower,
Until then, let us be immersed in the pulsing power
Of the sustained togetherness and wondrous happiness.
By: John E. Murray, III
Contact us at: ramblingverser@storyinstitute.com; 615-431-WRIT (9748) or share a review on iTunes
Running Time: 20 minutes 44 seconds
Tags: Author conversations, Chad Corrie, plot, Tales of Tralodren, The Adventures of Corwyn, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
Visit with us this week as we talk with Chad Corrie (www.chadcorrie.com) about setting and creating a solid foundation on which to build your story…
Setting up what follows…Conversations about writing…Chad Corrie & John E Murray III
Quote by Margaret Atwood
Poem from Mark Sengenberger – Me Change
This week, we talk about setting and where it leads each writer…
We have a new forum at Story Institute at www.storyinstitute.com/forum
Short Story Topic – Romance by Chance or Circumstance
Poetry Topic – Carnivals
Running Time: 23 minutes 35 seconds
Tags: Author conversations, Chad Corrie, setting, Tales of Tralodren, The Adventures of Corwyn, writing, writing methods, writing podcast, writing tips
Imagine New Worlds and Write with Chad Corrie…
Did you find it a bit crazy that we our 13th episode is being aired on the 13th of April…we do…but, hey, there are crazier things…so, sit back, relax, and enjoy the show…
Quote by Samuel Johnson
Poem from Amy Lowell – Azure And Gold
Guest Conversation with Chad Corrie
Here is a little about Chad (http://www.chadcorrie.com/):
“A Minnesota native since his birth, Chad Corrie has long had a love affair with his creative side. Dabbling in art, film, music and acting, it wasn’t until he found writing that he began to excel at something with which he’d found a healthy outlet and addiction.
Since that time he has written a wide array of material from such varied genres as horror, sci-fi and contemporary fiction amid comic scripting, poetry, screen plays, stage plays and more. It wasn’t until recently that he discovered fantasy and began to work more in this interesting and very broad genre.
Chad has also been an editor and writer for an online magazine, and explored the world of publication with a selection of previous business ventures. Currently he is writing comic scripts, prose novels and recently moved into short dramatic skits as he continues working on a new publishing venture along with seeking out more avenues in which to see his work get published."
Published Works
“The Gift” Short Story published in Midwest Teen Scene January 1994
“The Seer’s Quest” Novel published by R+R Endeavors, 2004
“Seer’s Quest” Novel published by Aspirations Media, 2006
“Path of Power” Novel published by Aspirations Media, 2006
“Gambit’s End” Novel published by Aspirations Media, 2007
“Tales of Tralodren™: The Beginning” Graphic Novel published by AMI, 2007
“The Adventures of Corwyn” published by AMI, 2008
AWARDS
2008–Central Minnesota Gallery–GOLD AWARD
2009–34th International Gallery–GOLD AWARD”
In honor of Free Comic book day (http://freecomicbookday.com/, Chad is having a little give-away of his own…check out his website on how to support this event coming up May 2nd, 2009…http://www.chadcorrie.com/ss/live/
Poetry Topic – Swamp Life
Short Story Topic – Mysterious Delivery
Running Time: 34 minutes 25 seconds
Tags: Author conversations, Chad Corrie, graphic novel, science fiction
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