Part #7 in the Supersize Your Story series In Part 1 of this 3-post mini-series I spoke about nailing your idea, getting the skeleton of your story tight and straight and water-tight so that you can communicate it with confidence. I’d mentioned Erik Borks book ‘The Idea’ and the 5…

Part #6 of The ‘Supersize Your Story’ series One of the biggest problems I see writers face is that they rush into writing before their story idea is fully formed and nailed. In the way that Act 1 sets up all the threads to pay off in Acts 2 and…

Part #5 of The ‘Supersize Your Story’ Series — I can’t begin to tell you how often writers confuse a logline and a tagline. To be fair, I’ve done it myself a few times and it seems to quite easily be one of those ‘catch all’ phrases that seem to switch back and forth when it comes to meaning…

Part #4 of The ‘Supersize Your Story’ Series — Genre is a brilliant but tricky thing. Thinking of storytelling as a parallel to music, genre brings the rhythm, the pace and the beat to your story. It holds you on the edge of your seat… drip-feeding the story beats… unfolding the big reveal slowly… step by step. You’d be…

Part #3 of The ‘Supersize Your Story’ Series — This is often a conundrum that can make a centipede of writers. Faced with the hundred legs, it’s SO confusing to know which one to walk on first. It’s really quite simple though, bear with me. The STORY is WHO the characters are, WHAT conflicts they face and the storyworld…

Part #1 of The ‘Supersize Your Story’ Series — Firstly, and possibly most importantly be kind to yourself and accept that there’s no right or wrong way to do this. Find your way, what’s comfortable for you and it may take a few attempts to discover that you love to write in a cafe with the clatter and whizz…

Part #2 of The ‘Supersize Your Story’ Series — There’s an endless list of where first time ANYTHING’ers go wrong, because we don’t know what we don’t know, so in an attempt to be helpful, here are my Top 5 Hints to check yourself as a first time writer. Point Of View — keep your POV to one protagonist…

Chapter 2 of our UK ‘Roadshow of Research in VR+Kids’ for the Children’s Media Foundation — hosted by The Immersive Storytelling Studio at The National Theatre, London Following on from our first invitation-only gathering to discuss and debate best practices around Kids + VR, the second chapter was hosted by…

Chapter 2 of the UK ‘Roadshow of Research in VR+Kids’ by storycentral for the Children’s Media Foundation — hosted by The Immersive Storytelling Studio, National Theatre, London. VR as a Teaching Tool — Crisis Simulation in Real Time