The Art of Storytelling for Freelancers and Creators
Writing Techniques
A course by Sun Yi , Storyteller and Founder of Night Owls
Develop your hero’s journey and learn to sell your ideas by exploring authentic storytelling techniques that resonate with your audience
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About the video: Writing Techniques
Overview
“In this lesson, we'll start to tweak your story. I'll give you some specific tips to take your writing to the next level.”
In this video lesson Sun Yi addresses the topic: Writing Techniques, which is part of the Domestika online course: The Art of Storytelling for Freelancers and Creators. Develop your hero’s journey and learn to sell your ideas by exploring authentic storytelling techniques that resonate with your audience.
Partial transcription of the video
“Writing Techniques Previously, you learned how to build tension. Now, we'll talk about some writing techniques. The first technique is action over thoughts. In film school, one of the first things you learn is to make a silent film. The reason why they do that is they want you to be able to tell a story just through actions and not dialogues. If you're pushing the story through thoughts like, "I was hungry" or "I was bored," it doesn't give the reader a chance to draw a picture of this world in their head. That's what you want them to do. They'll be drawn into the story. When you write your...”
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Course summary for: The Art of Storytelling for Freelancers and Creators
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Category
Marketing & Business, Writing -
Areas
Communication, Content Marketing, Copywriting, Marketing, Storytelling
Sun Yi is the founder of Night Owls, an award-winning digital agency based in New York City. After studying engineering at Binghamton University in 2001, Sun started working as a web designer and developer. Half a decade later, Sun became the lead web designer at the New York Film Academy, and subsequently studied filmmaking at the academy, which paved the way for the future of his career in storytelling.
In 2008, Sun became the COO and Creative Director at Wevio, and just two years later, started Night Owls. Through his agency, Sun has worked with Fortune 500 Companies brands such as Seiko, American Red Cross, Columbia University, Spotify, Swell Bottle, and more. At Night Owls, their aim is to develop the visual identity of a brand through storytelling. In 2020, Sun became part of the coveted Forbes Agency Council.
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