Your story is an argument
8th July 2016 | for Creatives | writing, storytelling, artist's message, Chuck Wendig |
"Your story is an argument—a thesis positing a thematic notion, an idea, a conceit. The ending is where you (purposefully or inadvertently) prove or disprove that thesis."
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