Storytelling:
Structure, Process, Readers
COM586 – 4 Apr 2005
Kathy E. Gill
Step One: Small group work
In "random" groups of four
Discuss selected articles
Develop five tips for the budding digital media writer
We'll report out and I'll capture
Story structure
Beginning
Middle
End
Global structure
May differ by type of writing
Challenge of hypertext (breaking linearity)
Cues (title, abstract, heading, contents, etc)
Visual organization
Spatial organization
Typographic conventions
Coordinated use of color
Some types of writing
Creative writing – designed to evoke emotion
Nonfiction – discusses real world events
Prose – any literary work in sentences and paragraphs
Poetry – any literary work in lines and stanzas
Some types of writing
Script – any literary work written in dialog and scenes; may be written for radio, TV, film, theatre, AV, Flash, etc.
Essay (article) – short work of prose focusing on a specific topic
Short story – brief work of fiction, usually less than 10K words
Words for structure
Paragraphs
Sentences
Sub-headings
Titles
Remember: on screen, content should be more "bite-sized"
Words for transition
Time: at length, finally, immediately first/second/etc. …
Addition: again, and, furthermore, next, too, finally, first/second/etc. …
Comparison: after all, conversely, nevertheless, however, contrast, on the other hand …
Summary: in conclusion, on the whole, thus, as I have said, in brief …

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