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Hey, storytellers! Today was the start of something really fun: I’ll be broadcasting live on Facebook and YouTube every Wednesday at 1 PM Pacific. Tune in for frank talk about writing, and of course, if you can show up live, you can ask questions, too. Links appear at the bottom of this post.
Today’s talk was a response to a great question that came in from one of my blog readers. In its essence:
Why do all my story ideas feel like they’ve been done before?
Awesome question, right? In my answer, I talk about
- why all stories are about the same thing
- the shape, or structure, that all stories share
- the truth about human nature that all stories strive to express
In the follow-up questions, we talk about what happens when other people compare your work to published books.
I also get into the question of...
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Maryrose Wood
I’m the author of fourteen published novels, including ALICE’S FARM, A RABBIT’S TALE (Macmillan, 2020) and the six-book Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series (Balzer + Bray / HarperCollins). I founded Path of the Storyteller in 2020 to offer serious writing craft training for writers who’re ready to take their work up to pro level. Here’s where I blog about writing craft, publishing, and the writing life in general. Learn more at pathofthestoryteller.com.
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