A Good Story: Delivering an Experience

Abstract

Many reporters and producers do not take enough time to review their material at the beginning of their research or project. Later on, this repeatedly leads to major problems. The good news is that these problems can be avoided. To do so, you need to ask the right questions: Does my material match the central story principles? Do I have a real narrative sentence? Does the story work as an audio story? This chapter examines criteria for story checking and development. And given that a good story well told is an important storytelling concept, in this chapter I focus on the first half of this phrase. What’s a good story anyway?