CHAPTER SEVEN
Build the Story
An Immediate Response
Dayna holds a paper with two paragraphs on it. Each paragraph is a story that she hopes Susan will approve. After writing an audience profile and an action list, composing characters in conflict isn’t as difficult as she thought it would be. Still, she has her doubts. She reads through the Steve story one more time before going to Susan’s office.
“Steve opened an email from Bryan, a fellow engineer and friend. They used to work together at another company. It’d been years since they had spoken. When he opened the email, he saw an invite to join Bryan at an engineer’s convention in the spring with an attached flyer. ‘Hm, that seems odd,’ he says. He wondered why Bryan would send him an invitation. ...
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