Story+Prompts

=STEP 1: Story Prompts=

How Do I Come Up With a Story Idea?
For the purposes of this workshop, you need to think of a rather short concept that can use perhaps 4-8 images, text, maybe audio or music to bring a story to life on the web. You will want to pick something quickly, and not worry about it being worthy of a national art prize (!) The purpose here is to experience the creative aspects provided by the web tools. And remember that you will need to find images and other media from public collections that can represent the characters, places, or metaphors in your story. You may use a storystarter from one of the resources below. You may want to think even more scaled back to get started.

= = =Story Prompts:=
 * 1) Short writing exercise… storytelling is mainly about desire, an arc of reaching what you want. Write 10 things that you really love. Flip side, write 10 things that make you furious. One word each. Read the list of likes in normal voice, but read the second list slowly with feeling. Which ones were surprising that you wrote down? Next, pick the one word on either of your lists and describe the moment when you felt that emotion.
 * 2) Use the Imagination Prompt Generator (fun!) or this one -  http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html

=Now What?= Create a bulleted outline and try to aim for starting with 4-6 key images that would work to get you started. With all of these tools, you can return to add new images, re-order the slides, etc.
 * Don't spend a whole lot of time coming up with an idea- just pick something you can accomplish for the purposes of this workshop. Once you have some experience, you can plunge into that award wining riveting tale!
 * Write out the elements of your story in bullet points.
 * For each bullet item in your outline, list possible ideas for visual or media metaphors you will need