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    So What Does Storytelling Mean Anyway?

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    March 23, 2014
    Four settings come to mind when I think of “storytelling” Being read to as a child by my parents at night before bed. Library time at Patrick Henry Library in Vienna, VA.  The smell of books, of the cedar chips the house guinea pig had in his cage. Around the campfire at scouts- hearing ghost […]
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    Can you have a boxing movie without Dolf Lundgren? Yes!

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    March 22, 2014
    I’m not a fan of boxing as a sport—I don’t do violence—but one of my favorite movies is 2010′s the Fighter, which chronicles the rise of Micky “Irish” Ward to the World Welterweight title in the 1990′s.  The film (which also happens to be a true story) follows two brothers- Micky and Dicky.  Dicky, the […]
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    “The Fighter”‘s Story Spine

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    March 22, 2014
    Using the story spine is like a more advanced version of Pixar’s 4th rule.  Mapping the story this way helped me to see the importance of “the event”- namely when Micky breaks his hand defending his brother and loses almost all hope: The Story Spine Structure Function Once Upon a Time… Beginning There were two […]
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    If “the Fighter” was a Pixar movie…

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    March 22, 2014
    It would probably follow one or more of the 22 rules Pixar uses to create appealing stories.  Numbers 4 and 16 stick out to me: #4: Once upon a time there was ___. Every day, ___. One day ___. Because of that, ___. Because of that, ___. Until finally ___. #16: What are the stakes? […]
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