讲故事时,平易近人的写作最能吸引人

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讲故事时,平易近人的写作最能吸引人

帖子 suyu » 周一 3月 29, 2010 4:50 pm

讲故事时,平易近人的写作最能吸引人, 这个讲一位名叫的生病小男孩 Miles 跟与阿兰•杰克逊齐名的乡村歌手 Garth Brooks 的机场轶事就写得平静种透着自然而然的感动
----- Garth Brooks 的专辑在北美销售排名第2, 仅次于甲壳虫乐队。 在Brooks之前人们很难想象一位乡村音乐歌手的唱片销量可以达到一百万张。Brooks在1991年就打破了
这一记录, 他的第二张专集No Fences创下了唱片销量一千三百万的记录。美国歌手千千万,但这个小故事也许说明了为什么成名的是Garth Brooks。

Miles


One day about eight years ago in the departure lounge of a flight from New York's LaGuardia airport to O'Hare in Chicago, I spotted a young boy in tears and obvious emotional distress. His mother at his side also appeared upset. Being a parent, I was naturally curious if I could be of assistance.

As it turned out, the flight was full, and they couldn't sit together. The boy was terrified to be separated from his mother. Those were the days when the first-class cabins were not always full and Nancy, the special service representative working with me that afternoon, seated mother and son up in first class.

In the short time we had to chat, we found out that Miles and his mom were returning to their home in Kansas City. They had spent the last two weeks at the Ronald McDonald House at Long Island Jewish Hospital. Miles is a surviving twin (his brother died at birth) and has had serious health problems with internal organs. In spite of his thirty-one major surgical procedures, his long-term prognosis was still in doubt. He would be back through LaGuardia many more times.

During his numerous trips, the friendship and bond between Miles's family and the special services staff grew closer, and we'd stop in on Miles during his stays at Ronald McDonald.

Miles particularly enjoyed his flights through LaGuardia as it allowed him time to spend time in our VIP lounge, where we have an entire wall filled with autographed pictures of the many celebrities who frequented our office. We soon added Miles's picture to the wall of fame.

Miles's hero, and the person he most admired, was country singer Garth Brooks. Miles would just sit and stare at Garth's picture.

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One day, Mr. Brooks was traveling from LaGuardia to Nashville and was relaxing in the lounge waiting for his flight to depart. As he looked at the collection of photographs for any new additions, Garth inquired about the youngster with the big smile. We told him about Miles and the fact that he was currently recuperating from yet another procedure at Ronald McDonald. We also told him how much Miles loved and admired him.

Mr. Brooks left the lounge and headed off to the gate where the rest of his party was waiting.

A few minutes later he was back with his guitar and penned a few words of encouragement inside the guitar case. He asked us to please deliver the guitar and his cowboy hat to Miles at the hospital.

That evening, Nancy and Sam took Garth's guitar and hat to Miles. It was like the gift of life.

At first Miles couldn't believe that it was really a gift from his hero. As he comprehended that it was not a dream or a joke, he beamed a wide eternal smile. It was as if any discomfort he was having just disappeared.

On subsequent trips through LaGuardia, Garth would inquire about Miles, and about six months later he asked us to help him contact the family. Garth was going to be performing in Kansas City and he wanted Miles to be his guest. Not only was Miles seated in the front row, but he and Garth also had a lengthy private meeting backstage after the performance.

Although Miles would undergo many more treatments after that special evening, his broad smile greeted us with every subsequent visit, the face of an ailing boy transformed by the joy of a stranger with a guitar.


听Garth Brooks的歌别听后期他成为巨星后的演唱会,因为随性而唱太多了,不适合非Garth Brooks迷。可是他早期的歌,浑然天成!
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Garth Brooks - If Tomorrow Never Comes
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Re: 讲故事时,平易近人的写作最能吸引人

帖子 royl » 周二 3月 30, 2010 8:57 am

Thank you my friend for this spirit-lifting story. I agree with you about making your points short and sweet when writing a story. Actually, getting-to-the-point is one of the important writing guidelines. In other words, you don't want to beat around the bush and get your message lost in the end.

Someone may ask: By delivering a story in the simplest form, does that make your story too short? I have to disagree because no matter how short a story you're going to tell, it still has to be a structured story.

Let's use the short story as an example; first, you have to have a theme—why do you tell the story. You also have to lay the groundwork by introducing the causes of the event and the backgrounds of people involved. You can't start your story out of nowhere because your readers need to know who's who of the main characters in the story. You then need to pave the way to the first main event; that is to present the relevant incidents or accidents that have happened leading to it. Be careful with your description of the main event, you don't want to report things that are not akin to your theme. In this case, the author only gives the account of what Mr. Brooks did to prepare gifts to Miles at the lounge. After the first main event, the author relates the incredulity and joy of the young boy who received Mr. Brooks' gifts—the aftereffect of a generous giving. The second main event is that Mr. Brooks invited Miles to the concert he performed in Kansas City. After the culminating feat, a dream-fulfilling concert, the young patient was filled with the joy that will last all his life.

When you tell a story, you have to follow the guidelines that build a structured literary presentation. First, you need a theme—the love of gifts, in this case. Then you follow the path to gradually build up the main events. Last, you lead the readers to the significant conclusion of the story.

Thanks again to Suyu for the helpful input.

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