Part of Creation
Writing & Narrative
Literature, rhetoric, storytelling techniques, reading and the craft of the written word.
Concepts
- Three Pillars of CommunicationThe three pillars of communication are a strategic framework consisting of creativity, accuracy, and frequency that together ensure messages are noticed, correctly…
- Through the Looking-GlassThrough the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There is a book by Lewis Carroll. In Issue.14, the edition says the lyric 'The answer's in the looking glass' can very…
- Tone of VoiceTone of voice is the distinct stylistic inflection, emotional attitude, and linguistic cadence an organization adopts across written and spoken communications. It governs…
- Tony SopranoTony Soprano is the mob boss at the centre of the TV series The Sopranos, created by David Chase and played by James Gandolfini. Issue.16 of the Agency editorial…
- Tragic RomanceTragic romance is a dramatic narrative archetype in which mutual love conflicts irreconcilably with social laws, moral duties, or adverse destiny, leading inevitably to…
- TristanTristan is the knight of the medieval romance of Tristan and Isolde. Issue.13 of the Agency editorial retells the legend: the son of Blancheflor, orphaned at birth and…
- UX WritingUX writing is the practice of crafting the interface copy, button labels, notifications, and microcopy that guide users through a digital product. It ensures that verbal…
- ValhallaValhalla is, in Norse mythology, the great hall where Odin receives the warriors who died in battle. In the Agency editorial it is the setting of a comic fable: the…
- Vilém FlusserVilém Flusser is the thinker the Agency editorial cites for arguing that writing does not have a future. Writing.1 ties his name to the book Does Writing have a Future?…
- VirgilVirgil was a Roman poet of the age of Augustus, author of the Aeneid, the Eclogues and the Georgics. Issue.27, the edition about the Roman Empire, names him once, with…
- Visual StorytellingVisual storytelling is the communicative practice of narrating ideas, emotions, and brand messages through graphic compositions and symbolic imagery. It relies on the…
- William GibsonWilliam Gibson is an American-Canadian writer of science fiction, author of the novel Neuromancer. In the Agency editorial, Issue.9 recommends Neuromancer in its…
- WinstonWinston is the farmer of A Life in Tranquility, a short piece of fiction in Issue.6 of the Agency editorial. He plants corn, lives without screens and has time, because…
- Written CommunicationWritten communication is the transmission of messages, ideas, and knowledge through structured linguistic symbols recorded on physical or digital media. Unlike spoken…
- YodaYoda is a character of the Star Wars films, an old Jedi master who trains others in the Force. In the Agency editorial, Writing.2 offers one of his sentences as an…
