Leon Conrad - The Unknown Storyteller Project

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Story and Structure will make you rethink your idea of story! Finalist: People's Book Prize 2022, IPNE NF-Book-of-the-Year Winner 2022

2023

Leon Conrad

Stories

Leon Conrad - The Unknown Storyteller Project

What does poetry have to do with the liberal arts?

‘ A stitch in time saves nine’; ‘ many a mickle makes a muckle’; ‘ in for a penny, in for a pound ‘. I’m sure you can think of many more.

May 4

Hollow metal cylinder with stencil-cut text illuminated by light projecting words around the form. Art installation at the Memorial Art Gallery, University Avenue, Rochester, NY, USA. Photo by Hudson Graves, Unsplash.

May 4

Leon Conrad - The Unknown Storyteller Project

Glad you're highlighting the Ki-Shō-Ten-Ketsu structure.

Feb 9

Leon Conrad - The Unknown Storyteller Project

Courting the muse …

Where does the potter go to find the perfect bit of clay with which to create the perfect vessel to contain a shooting star’s dreams?

Feb 4, 2023

At the bottom of this picture, a figure clothed in purple holds their left arm up, holding a wand which points directly at a purple eye in a blue circle in the top third of the picture. Living plants, water, blue and purple smoke or mist appear in the background against a sandstone backdrop. Magic is in the air.

Feb 4, 2023

Leon Conrad - The Unknown Storyteller Project

Structures

Walk the secret paths that stories follow

Jan 4, 2023

A blue background. Vertical lines of symbols used to map story structure fall Matrix-like in vertical lines. The hands frame a tablet on which the Quest structure (Opening — Character in initial situation — Problem — Journey — Meeting with friend/helper — Meeting with enemy/hindrance — Character in final situation — Closing) is symbolised.

Jan 4, 2023

Leon Conrad - The Unknown Storyteller Project

GREAT article. Kudos. I'd love to know the sources for the quotes - particularly the Gaiman quote.

Nov 6, 2022

Leon Conrad - The Unknown Storyteller Project

A Question of Style

What is it and why is it important?

Nov 5, 2022

Illustration showing ink bottle, quill pen and suspended above a triple arch, in front of which are two figures, pointing at the open landscape beyond the triple opening.

Nov 5, 2022

Leon Conrad - The Unknown Storyteller Project

Frank Herbert’s advice: ‘Concentrate on story’

But what does he mean?

Oct 30, 2022

Stretch of desert with pylons, a signpost in the foreground which reads ‘Dune 7’ alongside tree and fire symbols

Oct 30, 2022

Leon Conrad - The Unknown Storyteller Project

The Character of Character

A deep dive into characterisation in writing

Oct 5, 2022

‘Description’ — Illustration by Carol Michelon for Master the Art and Craft of Writing by Leon Conrad with a puppeteer manipulating another puppeteer’s hands manipulating different aspects of a character’s face and mind. To the side, pens poised vertically pointing upwards and downwards against a predominantly purple background of rectangles and squares

Oct 5, 2022

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What can story teach us about life?

Story can teach us a lot— stories, however …

Sep 9, 2022

A young boy sitting on a bench on a sunny day laughing, with an open reference book on his lap.

Sep 9, 2022

Leon Conrad - The Unknown Storyteller Project

Making Links

So near and yet so far …

Sep 7, 2022

Focusing figure manipulates linked lines that join to a compass, giving direction to thought

Sep 7, 2022