Tips for Telling Successful Stories
To those who never give up, to those who write. by Israel Pintor Morales Essentially, we are all capable of telling stories. We humans like to describe reality (to communicate with others, to understand and be understood, to spark discussion), but we like it even more when stories are told to us because through them we learn how to live. Although everyone is capable of telling stories, not everyone knows how to narrate them, so their ideas, anecdotes, and emotions succumb to a lack of clarity and often get lost in the infinite universe of confusion, self-indulgent writing, vain rhetoric, or deceptive techniques meant to surprise. This text does not seek to lecture anyone, much less pose as one of those ingenious decalogues that great writers have created as guides for the novice who wishes to write fiction. If anything, it can be read as a list of suggestions that might guide those who wish to practice creative writing to tell a story without becoming frustrated in the pro...