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A Yankee-Dandy doodle
#jetpensxmaruman

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I seriously read this as "four hour semen." Thought, wow, @tferriss is leaving no stone unturned.

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Colbert (IMO) shows both the good and the bad of pacing around stage: https://t.co/jM88Fpv63k (key: less=more) #fieldsofenglish

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@AlmostSRank @LauraEllenScott I'd say yes. I've been performing chars from my personal story as I write

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Possible to have 90 pgs that don't work with later developments. Don't be afraid to throw it out. - @LauraEllenScott #fieldsofenglish

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@LauraEllenScott dropping a few hints on next book in New Royal Mysteries series. #fieldsofenglish

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*setting, rather https://t.co/Ms4S5iwl4Y

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I love hearing about the composite seeing @LauraEllenScott created from what she grew up around. #fieldsofenglish

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@DebraLattanzi @LauraEllenScott Tell that to Dr. Murgatroyd.

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I love hearing about the composite seeing @LauraEllenScott created from what she grew up around. #fieldsofenglish

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See: https://t.co/AX2uZqaTu8 & https://t.co/h3AFB9AaOm #fieldsofenglish

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More storytelling tips (like Leitman's "product words"): disect her style: narrative with stand-up comic sensibility: #fieldsofenglish

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@jaxodom sure thing

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@jaxodom No paper. Just listen to How https://t.co/fN2I9xN4ve & True Detective https://t.co/FjC6fRbAIR and identify 3-act structure in each

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@KirstenVanN assuming you're still a character in it, why not? Compelling is compelling, absence of others be damned #fieldsofenglish

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But "I felt..." is hackneyed. got to find the right details that convey/imply how you felt, not just tell what happened #fieldsofenglish 2/2

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Leitman: "As listeners, we often care more about how you felt about what happened than what actually happened." #fieldsofenglish 1/2

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"...in storytelling, your audience wants you to succeed. They are not challenging you." #fieldsofenglish

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"Simply refuse to buy into the beliefthat you are not an interesting person." #fieldsofenglish

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@LaurenIsOk Right? & "putting Felix Bumgartner on the moon..." Lifted from Leitman's instrs for how to lose an audience. #fieldsofenglish

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"Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a piece of blank paper until your forehead bleeds." 2/2 #FieldsofEnglish