6 Tips for Building a Storyworld

March 5 2011, 10:00am

1) Take time to evaluate the story you want to tell
2) Ask yourself the hard questions - why will anyone care? Is this the best way to tell the story?
3) Don't hold tight to your characters. When constructing a storyworld the themes that drive the story are often stronger.
4) Consider how you can show not tell.
5) Make it easy for your audience to become collaborators.
6) Don't let the world get in the way of the story

From @lanceweiler's talk "A Storytelling Pandemic." For more on Pandemic: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/01/20/sundance-2011-lance-weiler-brings-a-pandemic-to-park-city/