HOW DO I TELL THE BEST STORY POSSIBLE?

A lot of people ask me for my take on what is needed to create a good story.  Here's some helpful tips and advice!

WHAT IS STORY?

• Story is not only our most prolific art form. It rivals all other activities - including work, play, eating, and exercise - for our waking hours; and then, even in dream. Stories are equipment for living. 
• To be entertained is to be immersed in the ceremony of story to an intellectually and emotionally satisfying end. 
• Story isn't a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality. It gives us our best effort to make sense of life