The Writers' Series: Central Takeaway- What is the Point?
In my opinion, the best story anyone can write is their own. Stories work because they mimic the cause-and-effect relationship of life, and thus we can empathize with it. The more intimately we relate to the message a story attempts to convey and the more accurately (even if symbolically) it is converted, the more intimate the story becomes, and thus the more entertaining . An author's own story is thus the best they can convey, as they cannot tell another's mindset and experiences as intimately as their own, and for what percentage of people relate to the author's sentiment, their connection to the story becomes all the more powerful for it. [1] This is all to say that in my opinion, a story is a message and has an objective . A story's objective is to persuade you that continuing to read and support it is worth your time. It does this by making you want to read it. This may sound like common sense but bear with me. On...