• What’s for tea time? Maite Alberdi’s intimate storytelling

    What’s for tea time? Maite Alberdi’s intimate storytelling

    What’s the essence of good storytelling? Academically speaking it’s a combination of plot, characters, conflict, and resolutions. However, a certain Chilean documentarist would say that there has to be a soul linked to the intimate, profound observations one can catch in the everydayness of often overlooked subjects. Maite Alberdi Maite Alberdi is a film director,…

  • The Different Types of Unreliable Narrators

    The Different Types of Unreliable Narrators

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    Truth is slippery. One thing we can be sure of is that when someone tells us a story, we are not dealing with reality itself. It doesn’t mean we are dealing with a lie. It just means that, at that moment, we are being given access to their version of reality, which is a completely…

  • Literary Journalism: Adding humanity, empathy and a full point of view to true stories

    Literary Journalism: Adding humanity, empathy and a full point of view to true stories

    At first glance, journalism and literature seem like worlds apart, but when you look closely—adjusting the lens of your loupe—you’ll find remarkable similarities between them. What draws literature closer to journalism is their style of writing. Authors of fiction employ specific techniques to evoke emotion and vividly depict characters and settings, creating a sense of…