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Stories Are Soul Food

18: How to Think Like a Writer

Mar 22, 2021
Exploring parallels between writing and culinary skills, embracing feedback to grow as a writer, translating real-life experiences into captivating narratives, crafting authentic scenes, and navigating through life's twists with sound decisions.
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Quick takeaways

  • Consistent good decisions lead to engaging storytelling and well-lived lives.
  • Relatable characters and positive scenes are more impactful than dramatic storylines.

Deep dives

Creating Scenes in Life and Writing: Importance of Little Decisions

Constantly making the right decisions, be it in writing or in life, involves a series of small, good decisions. This entails anchoring people in concrete, everyday scenes that are relatable and memorable. The key is not in dramatic actions but in consistently making the right moves towards the goal, while also correcting the course as needed. Every keystroke, every decision, big or small, contributes to the narrative of a well-lived life or a well-written story.

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