Post by account_disabled on Dec 30, 2023 2:24:14 GMT -5
To answer these questions you have to search or invent (with convincing verisimilitude), depending on whether you are a journalist or a writer. When we are certain that we know how to answer, then we also know that we have mastery of the matter we want to deal with; at least in its initial draft. Reminding ourselves that it is one thing to narrate , i.e. report the facts, another to argue , i.e. report the facts in such a way that they agree with our thesis, in this phase we are only interested in understanding whether they are complete, coherent and intriguing. Knowing how to answer these five questions is the basis for telling any type of story (whether real or not): Who is the protagonist? What does he want?
Why does he want it? In what era is the Special Data story set and in what time does it take place? The where , for the Latins, is closely linked to the when , but we can add it: where does the story take place? How do you intend to do this? With what means or help? But what facts deserve to be told? and how do you recognize them? The transition from the private sphere to the public one - a piece of writing, at least in intention, is always public - passes through a critical judgement: the writer questions himself about the relevance of the facts devised and makes a choice on the basis of his own experience. This means that there is no clear separation between what can be told and what cannot: if it is the result of a choice, the facts become tellable.
Every time we are forced to make this choice we must ask ourselves what about the story deserves our attention, and therefore the attention of the public, and what is devoid of interest. This has a very close connection with the point of view we will adopt and, consequently, reveals our way of looking at the world; that is, to select some things about it, those that attract us, leaving out the others. There are two main reference models: that of representation , i.e. the story coincides with a social model shared by the relevant public; and that of contrast , that is, history takes on relevance precisely because it contrasts with a recognized cultural model.
Why does he want it? In what era is the Special Data story set and in what time does it take place? The where , for the Latins, is closely linked to the when , but we can add it: where does the story take place? How do you intend to do this? With what means or help? But what facts deserve to be told? and how do you recognize them? The transition from the private sphere to the public one - a piece of writing, at least in intention, is always public - passes through a critical judgement: the writer questions himself about the relevance of the facts devised and makes a choice on the basis of his own experience. This means that there is no clear separation between what can be told and what cannot: if it is the result of a choice, the facts become tellable.
Every time we are forced to make this choice we must ask ourselves what about the story deserves our attention, and therefore the attention of the public, and what is devoid of interest. This has a very close connection with the point of view we will adopt and, consequently, reveals our way of looking at the world; that is, to select some things about it, those that attract us, leaving out the others. There are two main reference models: that of representation , i.e. the story coincides with a social model shared by the relevant public; and that of contrast , that is, history takes on relevance precisely because it contrasts with a recognized cultural model.