Mat's Notes

What makes a story good?

• You use the personal pronoun “I”

• Start in the moment “I am sitting”

• Setting up the setting

• Create “suspense”

• People details

• Specific movements

• They use voice

• “interior monologue” – “How bureaucratic of the American government to work that way,” I thought.

• Dialogue – what people actually say and HOW they actually say it

Conventions

Steve said, “How are you?”

“I’m fine,” Joe replied.

“Cool.”

“Yeah.” He checked his watch.

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• Specific details

• “Explode the Moment” – pivot, turn, or important thing

• Sensory detail “overload”

• Effect of slowing down time

• Keep scope small

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