Posted by: Justin Grotelueschen on June 8, 2005 02:32 AM | Comments (0)

So I don't even get to process this year's Radio Without Boundaries before I'm rushed off to Florida again to deal with a mini-crisis at work. Fortunately I still have images of Toronto back in my head, and I have my recorder and some conference notes to fall back on.

I went to Chris Brookes' workshop on that final Monday afternoon with a select few, where we sat in a chapel and listened to his radio tidbits along with some classic broadcasts, dissecting how stories are built and sustained and how storytellers retain subtle control of their pieces. Every story, even if it's a dry news item, has characters, scenes, and plot lines -- an "arc" to the story, says Brookes. The enemy in radio is flatness; a good story has to have an opening, some room for the listener to come inside to think and reflect, to paint his/her own picture and fill in the gaps with mental imagery. Again, more discussion of the narrative and its importance, power.

And more notes and stray sparks. During the coming months, and maybe longer, I'll be piecing together ideas from the entire weekend. Tidbits will come back. Inspiration. Hope you got yours.

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