Why we need storytellers like you
So, you’re a storyteller. Welcome to this amazing calling. We writers shape, change and rock the world.
From caves to campfires, from books to blogs–storytellers define good and evil, love and hate, laughter and tears. We create the heroes and the villains.
We write the speeches that move nations. We draft the Constitutions to define societies.
It is we who give voice to music and magic to movies.
Our words bring peace to the grieving and hope to the lost. We mend the most broken of hearts. We preserve the past, frame the present and create the future. The world needs more storytellers, like you.
Even if you’re not a Lord of the Rings fan, this two minute clip speaks to the heart of every writer.
“I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened?
But, in the end, it’s only a passing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. And a new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out clearer.
Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why.”
In your unique and beautiful imagination awaits the next creation of worlds with wizards and witches, or of toe-tingling romances; of bone-chilling adventures or fun twists in fan fiction; of magical kingdoms with fairies and spells or aliens ruling a new universe.
You have special knowledge and unique experiences to share.
Who will you create for the world?
You are a storyteller and the world awaits your story.
But, we cannot do this alone. We need inspiration. I want to share with you some of the favorite ‘go tos’ when I need inspiration.Why we need storytellers like you Share on X
Twenty of America’s bestselling authors share tricks, tips, and secrets of the successful writing life.
“Anyone who’s ever sat down to write a novel or even a story knows how exhilarating and heartbreaking writing can be. So what makes writers stick with it? In Why We Write, twenty well-known authors candidly share what keeps them going and what they love most—and least—about their vocation.”
I bought this book for my writing group for a Christmas Gift. They LOVED it!
Since 1984, Literary Arts has welcomed many of the world’s most renowned authors and storytellers to its stage. In celebration of their thirty-year anniversary, Tin House Books has collected highlights from the series in a single volume.
Sold-out crowds congregate at Portland’s Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall to hear these writers’ discuss their work and their thoughts on the trajectory of contemporary literature and culture.
In celebration of Literary Arts’ thirty-year anniversary, Tin House Books has collected highlights from the series in a single volume.
Whether it’s Wallace Stegner exploring how we use fiction to make sense of life or Ursula K. Le Guin on where ideas come from, Margaret Atwood on the need for complex female characters or Robert Stone on morality and truth in literature, Edward P. Jones on the role of imagination in historical novels or Marilynne Robinson on the nature of beauty,
These essays illuminate not just the world of letters but the world at large.
Looks like this book will be my Christmas gift for this year!!!
Sometimes the stormy sea makes writing seem so difficult, we fear right word is lost. Forever. Stranded on some island of the “perfect words” waiting to be rescued.
Other days, the ocean’s depths swallows our ideas and refuses to give them back.
It keeps our treasure chests teeming with story gems of the 3 a.m. ideas we can’t quite remember.
But, on those wonderful days, those glorious days—when the light dances across the water’s surface—our story flows with the rhythm of a seamless tide.
I know how hard writing can be! But with each tip, trick and idea you learn, it gets just a little easier.
That’s why I have linked oodles of great resources for you below!
