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How to be a good storyteller

2019-08-19任湑

速读·下旬 2019年7期

任湑

Sometimes having expectations may not always be a good thing,have to say we all have learned many lessons when conceiving high expectations towards a specific person,a newly-released movie or a dream job.Yet Green book——the nominated Academy Award movie of this year has just amused me when I have not a little bit of expectations on this movie.

This movie is full of charisma from the funny accent of Tony——one of the main character who is an Italian American and dislikes the black people but has to work for a black musician as the breadwinner to the pride black pianist Don who is really talented and has the courage to change how people think about black man at 1960s.These two men have a distaste for each other,but after a series of events they finally understand each other and become truly friends.I guess the best part of this movie is how a friendship flourished between mankind despite race,color or personality.So as it put only love can conquers all.

Speaking of love and expectations,unlike the movie Green Book the final season of Game of Thrones is totally an another story.In a nutshell the final season is neither full of love nor fulfill the expectations.If you want to be a successful storyteller,you must work hard on the love theme and get a satisfying ending for the expectations of readers.An good example is the book i just finished yesterday called Lamericano.It is written by an Italian and is praised as the lighthouse masterpiece in European literature in decades.The motto from the book says in this world who can grow up as the most excellent mankind must be the people who has ever lost.To prove his point the author depicts the love between two young boys who grow up together despite their totally different family background along with the profound love of their father in their lives.The book fulfills my expectations towards a good novel——full story lines,deliberately crafted words,vividly nature scenes.As far as Im concerned,this book is a success and worth reading.

To conclude,how to be a good storyteller,you may not need a lot of fascinating swagger and stunts,however what you must have is the power to illustrate love and fulfill viewers expectations.