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Top 3 TED Talks for Writers

March 27, 2012 by diannejacob 29 Comments

Looking for a little inspiration? TED conferences (Technology, Entertainment, Design) cost $7500 per year to attend, but dozens of its speakers appear online on videos. Many are short enough that you can watch a few at a time.

Here are three picks for food writers based on storytelling, inspiration, and passion:

1. Filmmaker Andrew Stanton: “The clues to a great story.” Yes, the presentation is about animation (Stanton works for Pixar and includes some film clips), but his advice is spot-on for any writer. Plus, he opens with [Read more…] about Top 3 TED Talks for Writers

Filed Under: Photography, Writing Tagged With: Elizabeth Gilbert, Food blogging, food writing, Penny De Los Santos, storytelling

Storytelling Panel Coming Up at BlogHer Food

October 6, 2010 by diannejacob

I’m preparing for my Friday panel for BlogHer Food on storytelling. As food writers, we are all storytellers, even though we can’t exactly say how we do it.

So I turned to some experts to tell me: What, exactly, constitutes storytelling?

“Storytelling passes on the essence of who we are,” say members of the National Storytelling Association. “Stories are a prime vehicle for assessing and interpreting events, experiences, and concepts from minor moments of daily life to the grand nature of the human condition. It is an intrinsic and basic form of human communication. More than any other form of communication, the telling of stories is [Read more…] about Storytelling Panel Coming Up at BlogHer Food

Filed Under: My workshops and conferences Tagged With: Blog Her, food writing, storytelling

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