Writing Tip: the essentials for great storytelling

Fiction storytelling techniques make for effective ORAL storytelling as well as for CREATIVE NONFICTION expressions of your personal history.

Connect ideas.
Get rid of choppiness with connective words.
Vary sentences for rhythm.
Eliminate unimportant or unrelated information.
Highlight one specific event, detail by detail.
Spotlight the main character.
Use dialogue effectively.
Add flashbacks.
Foreshadow
Add subplots.
Use enticing endings.
Use wrap-up endings.

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Ever since Lori Younker was a child, she’s been captivated by her international friendships. She is mesmerized by the power of short works to inspire true understanding of the cross-cultural experience and expands her writing skills in creative nonfiction, guiding others to do the same. These days she helps others capture their life history as well as their stories of faith.