“I've never really considered doing stand up, but I have done readings/spoken word things fairly often in which I'll just tell a bunch of stories and run off at the mouth. I'm a big tangent person.” PersonsDoneStoriesBigsRunningReadingMouthsBunchSpoken Word Author:Laurie Notaro
“If you aren't having fun, if you aren't anxious to find out what happens next as you write, then not only will you run out of steam on the story, but you won't be able to entertain anyone else, either.” IfsWritingStoriesHappensRunningAbleNextFunHaving FunAnxiousSteam Author:Tamora Pierce
“There were all us baby boomers who had a grammar school education, started to learn, then went on the pill, the whole thing, and so there are today a lot more women writers, editors, producers, and so a lot more women's stories. God, the BBC's practically run by women.” WholeStoriesRunningTodaySchoolBabyProducersEditorsGrammarPillsSchool EducationBoomersBaby BoomerGrammar School Author:Julie Walters
“Third person allows a deeper exploration of the relationships between characters. We can see their misunderstandings and hear what they think about each other. We can create a more complex structure with various story threads running parallel.” ThinkingPersonsCharacterStoriesRunningThirdsStructureComplexesVariousDeeperExplorationThreadMisunderstandingParallelsThird Person Author:Juliet Marillier
“Big media are all about the angle, the spin. Look to the overarching theme that runs through each and every news story. Be hip to the meta-narrative peddled.” LooksStoriesBigsRunningMediaNewsHipsNarrativeThemeAngleNews Stories Author:Ilana Mercer
“I believe God has instilled in us a craving, a deep desire to run with Him on a fantastic adventure, yet many of us crawl along in life without even a glimpse of our hidden passion. There has to be a reason for living. There must be a Camelot, a hidden Utopia where we can rest from our personal campaigns. Fantasy opens our eyes to a better place, a shining city we do not yet know. And these stories provide a mental bridge to that city as we pursue horizons we could never distinguish with our physical eyes.” KnowsBelieveReasonStoriesEyeRunningDesirePassionI BelieveCitiesFantasyAdventureShiningCampaignsPursueFantasticBridgesHorizonBelieve In GodGlimpseBetter PlaceCravingUtopiaCamelotDeep Desire Author:Bryan Davis
“It seems like I always wrote, I just didn't think of it as a career choice. I just liked to tell stories ... to myself, to pen pals (I had a lot of them, all over the world). Of course this was in the days before computers were everywhere, and anyone could access the Web. You had to make an effort keeping up a correspondence, and the arrival of the mail once a day was a big deal. I think if modern technology had been around when I was a kid, I would never have left my bedroom except to take the dogs out for their run three times a day.” IfsThinkingWorldStoriesBigsSeemsRunningKidsChoicesThreeCoursesLeftDealsEffortCareersTechnologyModernDogComputerAccessPensMailBedroomThree TimesBig DealArrivalsCorrespondencePalsModern TechnologyCareers Choices Author:Charles de Lint
“Most of my stuff is just a series of false leads. I'll approach a story as a subject and then make a whole bunch of different runs at the lead. They're all good writing but they don't connect. So I end up having to string leads together.” WritingDifferentEndsWholeStoriesRunningTogetherStuffSubjectsApproachSeriesBunchStringsGood Writing Book:Ancient Gonzo Wisdom Source: Ancient Gonzo Wisdom
“TV is where writers get to tell interesting stories. Because writers, for the most part, run television.” StoriesRunningInterestingTelevisionTvsInteresting Stories Author:Vince Gilligan
“I don't want to do only movies that I'm in. I definitely want to start to branch out and do TV and stuff that I'm not in and really make a good run at it as a production. I'm probably going to take a break from acting after a little while because I've enjoyed the developmental process so much. It helps you as an actor to learn story and to learn how to really nurture a script and work with a writer so you're not sitting there having to write it yourself and give notes.” WantGivingWritingLittlesHelpingStoriesRunningActorsStuffProcessActingBreakTvsSittingNotesScriptsProductionsEnjoyedBranchesNurtureDevelopmental Author:Channing Tatum
“A good tattoo always has a story that runs deeper than the skin, and Inked tells that story.” StoriesRunningSkinsDeeperTattoo Author:Tara Dakides
“Science has an uncomfortable way of pushing human beings from center stage. In our prescientific stories, humans began as the focal point of Nature, living on an Earth that was the center of the universe. As the origins of the Earth and of mankind were investigated more carefully, it became clear that Nature had other interests beyond people, and the Earth was less central than previously hoped. Humankind was just one branch of the great family of life, and the Earth is a smallish planet orbiting an unexceptional sun quite far out on one arm of a run-of-the-mill spiral galaxy.” PeopleWayHumansStoriesRunningEarthUniverseInterestHuman BeingsSunClearMankindStagePlanetsArmsUncomfortableBranchesJust OnePushingHumankindGalaxyLiving OnMillsSpiralsCenter Of The UniverseGreat FamilyFocal PointCenter Stage Author:Seth Lloyd
“Since 1970, I've been using text and ephemera as well as photographs in order to tell stories of one kind or another. There's a thread that runs through all the work that is to do with bearing witness. The photographs are about asking questions, though, not answering them.” WellsKindStoriesRunningOrderAskingPhotographWitnessThreadAsking QuestionsBearing WitnessEphemera Author:Jim Goldberg
“There have been many times when we have not run stories because we cannot get it verified.” Has BeensStoriesRunning Author:Mary Hart
“On the plane, an eight-year-old with an excess of testosterone keeps running across my feet. Finally I grab him by his T-shirt and say, very sweetly, 'Listen, darling, if you don't stop trampling me I'm going to make you sit on my lap while I tell you my entire life story. Including a lot of details about drug rehab and my divorce.' He goes back to his seat.” IfsYearsStoriesRunningFeetDrugIncludingDetailsEightDivorceFlyingPlanesShirtsSeatsExcessT ShirtLapDarlingLife StoryRehabTestosteroneKeep RunningVery Sweet Author:Rosanne Cash
“The media uses polls to create news stories. I think polls are just an extension of the editorial page, an excuse to get them on the front page. You can ask any question you want, get any answer you want, and then run around with that as a news story.” ThinkingWantStoriesUseRunningAsksAnswersMediaFrontsNewsPagesExcuseExtensionsPollsEditorialsNews Stories Author:Rush Limbaugh