Narrative Navigator Mugs

Story Template

"'Yes,' she mumbled?... Sighed?... Muttered?... Snarled?... Hissed?... Growled?..."

Characters jumping out of a book.

"Right here is where you lost the narrative flow."

'I'm sorry, madam, that's not much help - lots of books start !Once upon a time!'

'Once upon a time...'

"It was only when I started to write the story of my life that I realised I'd forgotten to have one."

A new book with a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

"Just give me the broad strokes."

After months of writer's block, the great man's biographer finally decides how to end the book.

Write a Screenplay

The writers group met every Tuesday for support and fellowship.

"I feel that I have at least one more unpublished novel in me."

There's less here than meets the eye.

Writer's Block.

'And do you, Cathie, promise to advance Ed's narrative?'

"Nothing wrong with half-truths...you still have 50% to manipulate."

'This is where it gets tricky. I see 3 alternate endings and a director's cut.'

"I wrote, self-published and remaindered it myself."

Fiction/Non Fiction/A Toss Up.

Editorial Control

The Death Fires (The Rime of the Ancient Mariner).

'I'm not being punished! I'm reading because I happen to enjoy reading!'

"It's the grisly story of the brutal murder of a publisher who rejected a brilliant novel about the brutal murder of a publisher who..."

'I'm a writer.' - 'What a coincidence, I'm a reader.'

"Here it is - my novel. I'll be interested to hear your compliments."

'Is this your first book launch?'

The central metaphor of her novel was a fly.

"...And I like how you switched from the first person narrative to third person—impressive." "Thanks."

"I started in advertising, then I wandered in the desert for forty years. Now I'm a screenwriter."

The Fledging Author Struggles To Find His Voice. . .

My Obituary

"The key to a good story is to give the protagonist lots of challenges."

"Spoiler alert – it's gonna end like it did the other 117 times."

"We've done a rigorous examination of your business plan using the latest algorithms to model future profits. . . which way up would you like it?"