Set against the historically accurate, brutal exclusion of women from 18th-century classical music, The Viennese Tale of English Music introduces a world where symphonic composers compete like elite athletes in international contests known as The Round.
Let’s look at how audience was put into our micro story about a paper cup based on what is explained versus what is understood.
The idea behind this exercise is that an ideas doesn’t make a good story, craft makes a good story, and a writer should be able to move a reader with a story about anything—even a paper cup!
Using ADF for story development can help writers avoid “borrowing” anti-Blackness from non-African languages, allowing them to make their stories more empathetic, more meaningful, and more “Black.”