Hello everyone and welcome to Writing 101. I am your host Nick, or I go online as Silver, and I have been a journalist going on three years and I wanted to pass on some writing tips to all of you. Writing comes with the ability to tell a story that captures the minds and hearts of everyone around you. Having that sense of creativity is essential in the art of writing. Storytelling is the activity of telling, writing, or reading stories. This skill has existed since the dawn of time as books and myths are stories that are passed down from generations. Being able to paint a picture whether it is to set a scene in creative writing or to describe a person if you are doing a profile piece in journalism having this sense of journalism is essential to make any boring story come to life. I was listening to a podcast called Hidden Brain by Shankar Vedatnam and he discussed the importance of family stories. Family stories are how most of us started understanding the concept of s...