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How Powerful Is the "Container" of Your Story?

How Powerful Is the "Container" of Your Story?

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Oct 13, 2017
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Book writers must create writing that pulls a reader in, that engages us so well, we can't stop reading. A favorite nonfiction writer, Malcolm Gladwell, spoke about this task--and its challenge to most writers--in the preface to his book What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures.

Gladwell's topics are potentially dry. I love his ability to present his materi…

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