Creativity & Writing Resources
Here is a collection of resources collected over time from Salon members.
STORYTELLING |
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Andrew Stanton: The clues to a great story
"Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesn't always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experience, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core"
Harvard Business Review: Storytelling That Moves People
"Self-knowledge is the root of all great storytelling. A storyteller creates all characters from the self by asking the question, 'If I were this character in these circumstances, what would I do?'"
Ira Glass on elements of good storytelling
"You want to be constantly raising questions and answering them from the beginning of the story and that the whole shape of the story is that you're throwing out questions to keep people watching or listening and then answering them along the way."
"Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesn't always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experience, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core"
Harvard Business Review: Storytelling That Moves People
"Self-knowledge is the root of all great storytelling. A storyteller creates all characters from the self by asking the question, 'If I were this character in these circumstances, what would I do?'"
Ira Glass on elements of good storytelling
"You want to be constantly raising questions and answering them from the beginning of the story and that the whole shape of the story is that you're throwing out questions to keep people watching or listening and then answering them along the way."
CREATIVITY |
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The Writing Trek
Know that it's normal to go from "This is such a good idea" to "I am garbage."
TED Radio Hour: Slowing Down
“For someone who wants to kind of really invent something that seems new, that seems fresh, that takes emotional and mental toil over long periods of time.” - Tim Urban
Oprah's Super Soul Conversation with Lin Manuel Miranda
"[Empathy is] the number one tool in your toolbox as an artist. You can't do anything if you can't imagine yourself in someone else's shoes. That's the whole gig."
WRITING PROCESS |
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