As I re-listened to Ira speak about the elements of storytelling and how to make your own interesting and exciting, I remembered which bits of advice I originally took and worked into my story. I knew that I needed to add more of a linear storyline to my abstract piece about the roof, but wasn't sure entirely how to go about it. Thus, I focused on telling the story of Firefist and White Peacock in a mostly linear way, and adding suspense at some points (such as when we would find new places to explore or who exactly Firefist was).
Ira also mentioned that you want to speak as if you're having a conversation with the listener, and not as if you're on broadcast television in a news reporter voice talking to no one. I remember wanting to keep that in mind, and feel as if I did a pretty good job of that. I wanted my piece to have kind of a mystical element to it, and speaking in such a way that would make it sound like a news story would have completely killed my tone and message.
Ira said that it is a good idea to mix in both action and reflection. I believe I did that, describing the action of the places we would go while also reflecting on the relationship or what the roof meant to me as a whole. I definitely tried to incorporate as much of Ira's helpful advice as I could throughout the entirety of the piece.
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