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Elements of storytelling

Have you ever heard of Lord Byron? One of his most famous poems was Don Juan. It was said that Lord Byron was an alcoholic and that made me think. You know, I don’t know any poet who died of using drugs. Do you? I mean can you imagine what sort of romantic life they must have? Every time staying up before bed. Yes, imagine when their partner, girlfriend or friend with benefits call them to bed. I’m sure their answer is always the same; “Let me finish this one line.”
Alright, no more jokes I promise. Let’s head straight to the elements of storytelling. If you’ve been reading a lot of content about writing and storytelling then perhaps you’ve read some writers say there are 4 elements, …

The art of storytelling in business

The art of storytelling in business helps make the story of the business different, unique and even stand out from other businesses as time goes by. Depending on how transparent the business wishes to be or how unique it is the customer that goes through the journey with the business can either tell a negative story or a positive story as the customer has their journey so does the business.

Common literary devices

Hey, you want to know what’s the greatest book of all times? It’s The South African: True Colours okay, okay, I am just kidding, however, someone did tell me that my book, after reading the pdf copy was akin to one of the greatest books of all times. Want to guess which book that is?

Would you like a clue?

What do you get when you mix alcohol with literature?

No, you gave up already! Try one more guess…

Tequila Mockingbird

Poetic devices list

..turns out literature has figurative devices that plug into the reader’s brain, with some one-way connections while others need a bit of a short circuit to jumpstart the reader’s mind. Here in the poetic devices list, you are going to find out just how many connections one can make to directly reach their reader…

How not to confuse an author/writer with a poet

Have you ever heard the saying; all poets are writers but not all writers are poets? This is why questions around this topic have been so popular that I have decided to address it in how not to confuse an author/writer with a poet.

An author/writer is a creator of one or several pieces of work; literary composition while a poet writes prose artfully.

What no writer has ever told you when writing your non-fiction novel, memoir or a short piece of non-fiction content

Oh, yes, I can tell a person a lot of stories about starting a career in writing. I mean even dating coaches get jealous because writers are even more knowledgeable about rejection. Hey but guess what, we’re not talking about that today though. Today we’re talking about what no writer has ever told you when writing your non-fiction novel, memoir or short piece of non-fiction content.

Why did Freddy Mercury change his name? Why do we have the term BAME?

But then again, nothing really mattered to Freddy Mercury or Farouk Balsara in the end … just like COVID it doesn’t distinguish itself from race, being wealthy, poor, … whatever… we just move on and another one bites the dust…

Why did Freddy Mercury change his name? Why do we have the term BAME? I mean let’s face it, in today’s world there is more diversity than back then, I really do not know of any musician who made it on his/her own being the “A” in BAME, or as big as Queen…

Choosing a narrative point of view

If a person chooses to blog, write a self-help book, a novel or a children’s book, whatever the piece of content may be, choosing a narrative point of view is the question that comes up before typing the first sentence. If this question hasn’t struck a writer before the first sentence or in the first sentence then, I assure you, by the end of the paragraph this question will certainly come up.

This writer’s writing lessons for writers

In this writer’s writing lessons for writers, I will be bringing in some clarity around your considerations, depending on what you are choosing to write.

On the main reason why behind writing the story or article, I’d say don’t follow the crowd on the idea you have or if you feel phased about it. These ideas and thoughts have come to you for reasons unclear in the beginning, perhaps, and if they have been a nag then this is a very clear sign to continue in this direction. As you continue taking one step at a time in the direction of your thoughts and ideas things will become clear.

When we wake up to the A-hole we once were, we ignite the artist in our genius and…

When we really get rid of the shit, you know that petty shit that keeps us in low vibrational states, we stop playing with the A-hole or the ego, and that’s when we really get to the point of what really matters. The alignment of self to face the self, and I guess when that happens, we sit down and really look at what matters. When that begins to spin, conversations happen, it is when the genius awakens, it is when we really don’t play the game with fear or doubt, we just go, go all in and that’s when the magic happens, almost like the universe aligns itself to the genius. Where something so true, genuine, and for the positive of all is involved, you know, the intention, then it can only fall in place magically, be the magic, and create more magic – T. Dench Patel, 22:50, 15 August 2021