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Q&A How to tell a story with the least amount of writing?

Maybe you shouldn't be writing. Maybe you should be collaborating. Sketch the thing out and hire a partner, or a ghostwriter. Short stories. Fewer words, and less need to create a world. You onl...

posted 12y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Maybe you shouldn't be writing.

- Maybe you should be collaborating. Sketch the thing out and hire a partner, or a ghostwriter.
- Short stories. Fewer words, and less need to create a world. You only need to create as much as is necessary to make the story hold up.

- Tell stories out loud instead. Find a library which needs volunteers (a bit redundant, I know) and offer to set up a story hour for kids. But instead of reading, you're just extemporizing your stories. Alternately, join an improv group.

- I think we have at least one video game writer on this board — how much "writing" does a video game narrative require?

I would actually not suggest poetry, as the effort required to find _le mot juste_ takes just as much blood, sweat, and tears as writing prose, even if there are fewer words.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-01-20T17:02:35Z (almost 12 years ago)
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