Chapter 3 Storytelling tools
Timothy G. Pollock
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12 Feb 2021
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Business 2021
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https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839102820.00009
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In this chapter I describe storytelling tools. Storytelling tools complement story structure by moving the story from one act to the next, making characters three dimensional actors instead of cardboard cut-outs, creating tension and drama, and help provide the reader with release. I focus on four storytelling tools that I think are especially appropriate for academic writing, and that are easy to incorporate: the human face, motion and pacing, showing and telling; and making your writing conversational.

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Cover How to Use Storytelling in Your Academic Writing
How to Use Storytelling in Your Academic Writing
Monograph Book
Publication Date:
12 Feb 2021
Print ISBN:
9781839102813
eISBN:
9781839102820
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839102820
Page Count:
200
Collections:
Business 2021
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