The Secret to Storytelling Revisited: Reflections from 4 Years on YouTube 

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I just found your channel and appreciate it. Here’s my attempt at the assignment: A chronic procrastinator lies on his deathbed, surveying his life to find the meaning that has eluded him, determined to find this before he dies. On his headstone, his last thought is engraved, “My life has had meaning, and it is…”.

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Your intriguing assignment reminds me of my time many moons ago on an online discussion group devoted to a particular romantic film, where one of the topics introduced for interested parties was to compose a love story, involving the movie's two main characters, in only three sentences. This was a form of fanfiction, a species of writing that had previously never interested me as either reader or amateur writer, but I actually ended up composing a handful of these very brief tales, and enjoyed the exercise and reading other's efforts as well. It was remarkable how much could be expressed in a mere three lines. My response to your current challenge: The towers of the royal city lay in the distance as in the cremation grounds Vimala, wife and now widow of the noble brahmin caste, settled herself on the pyre on which her dear husband's body had been lain; with all congregants' eyes upon her, she swallowed her mortal dread and resolved to face the coming immolation with the steely dignity her immaculate breeding demanded. Torches were tossed on both ends of the wooden pile, the red flames licking and consuming ever more quickly the dry support, until the heat and the billowing black smoke began to sting Vimala's eyes, which then alit, with astonishment and horror, upon the now open eyes of her husband, panicked and confused, his familiar voice rising, screaming with pleas for deliverance, for he was not yet dead, could not be dead, until the implacable fire did indeed unite them both in one flesh forever.

Congrats mate, 130 episodes in 4 years is a beautiful achievement, especially with a family and a full time job! I really enjoy your videos, I like the relaxed tone and style and I'm learning a lot listening to you. It's also nice to know you read and answer comments, something a lot of RU-vidrs often fail to do (even small ones). I'm not a writer but if you ever want to collaborate, I'm open to any idea. Here's my two sentences assignment: "A clock maker discovers a way to reverse time. Using and abusing it for his own personal gain, he quickly finds himself unable to enjoy anything as time has become meaningless to him." I wrote a few others but that's the one I liked the most. Feel free to be a harsh critic 😉✌

i payed for a luxury vacation by selling a golden egg that I found in my uncle's farm who gave the most lavish Thanksgiving and Christmas parties. The following year there was only goose for Thanksgiving and no Christmas party. Congratulations for the milestone. We are grateful for all the work and dedication!

Happy anniversary! I am pretty sure there could be a story in a person who wants to be a writer but becomes instead a successful RU-vidr, maybe even because of all the writing techniques they talk about in their videos... I guess that would be quite an irony.

Hello, I am a new subscriber to your channel. Which italian authors do you like?