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Lesson 6: Pitching and feedback | 6Activity 2: Feedback
Part A: Practicing giving & receiving feedback with someone who has a storyboard to pitch. You can do this with a friend, partner, or in small groups. After you’re done listening, follow the steps below:
- Start with the positive by giving specific examples of things that you liked, things that are working particularly well.
- Make it personal. That is, make it clear this is your personal perspective.
- Be specific with your feedback.
- Make suggestions for the storyteller to consider, as opposed to dictating what you think should happen. Ask questions
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Sometimes it is hard to write a story when you have multiple stories in your head. Any suggestions?(23 votes)
Depending on the setting of the stories, you could weave them all into one epic story or series, like The Lord Of The Rings or Star Wars.(23 votes)
What if I don’t have any friends?(16 votes)
then you could write your pitch over here and someone could give you feedback?(11 votes)
I cant do this activity because I cant see my friends.What can I do?(6 votes)
Or you can record yourself doing it and send it to your friends. I hope this helps.(13 votes)
What do I do if I don't know anyone making a storyboard?(5 votes)
Pitching and feedback apply to more than just storyboards. You can use them in almost any team-based environments, and quite a few other situations, such as a pubic speaking class or novel writing. If you want to help someone improve, or just change habits or details of something, this is a good method since they are more likely to listen to you and take your advice to heart.
I hope this answers your question! :)(7 votes)
So should i ask some of my friends to listen to my story?(4 votes)- Yes, but maybe give them an outline for how to give feedback. Ask them to watch for things they really liked and things they think need improvement.
I've found that usually when I tell one of my stories to a friend they usually just say something like: "That was great!" and don't give me any real feedback to help me improve.
Hope this helps you! :)(5 votes)
how to take honest feedback?(3 votes)
dont take it too personal their just tring to help and dont forget to ask if you dont understand what their saying(4 votes)
I'm doing a mid-credit scene on storyboard (I know, you're going to ask why this, is because I have my script all written and finished, yesterday, so, I have a lot of scenes written on the script, so I chose this scene, because it's hard for me to, basically, make a storyboard to all of the scenes, but it's okay), that Hulk is introducing Ant-Man the Avengers' facility (I'm not trying to make a MCU rip-off, it's called fan-fiction), and then Thor says that they have a new suit for him, and has advanced modifications, and then after Thor introducing Ant-Man's advanced suit, Thanos comes out of the sky and kidnaps Hulk and then go back. So, Thor calls the Avengers, but no one answers, so Ant-Man and Thor has to get them. Now, I said that it's fan-fiction, and I really thought about it since, 2 or a month ago, and I really love it, but I'm always thinking, how should I put my villains, of the future movies, entertained? The villain of this one is messed up, but not weird. But's, it's kinda a good story.(4 votes)- It's looking good so far... I personally liked how you're taking the Avengers in a whole new direction! I really think that if you stick to this that you could truly succeed and over-preform. One suggestion though. How would you feel about a copy of each hero hailing from a parallel universe to combat our heroes?(1 vote)
- It's hard to write just one story when there's a lot in your head.(4 votes)
What if the new Jedi student was more of a fighter than a peace maker?(4 votes)- I have a story going, but then so many more ideas come into my head, each one better than the last. Some of the scenes kind of cancel out or overlap the others, though, and I don't know what to include. I don't want to give too much away, but I don't want to confuse the reader. Plus, sometimes I go into too much detail, while other times the sentences are choppy, often starting with the same or similar phrase. Does anyone have any feedback that could help me out? Just in case you have ideas, here's a brief rundown of the story:
There's a girl named Zola. She lives on Earth, but her home planet is Cosmia (the name of the book). She visits this world in her dreams, thinking that's all it is-- a dream, but she doesn't realize that it's another dimension. Her "parents" (actual inhabitants of Earth who agree to take care of her until she turns 17, the adult age of Cosmia) keep this secret from her, but at midnight on her birthday, her powers activate, and she freaks out. Zola's Earth parents go to her and tell her about her own world, and she figures out a way to travel there. While she's there she faces very difficult challenges, and creates a clan of multi-powered people. She saves their world from a villain named Haikim, only to find out something drastic about him that changes her life forever.
Please let me know of any areas of improvement, and if there's any ideas how to spice it up a bit, that'd be great too! :)(3 votes)
So far I think that is an amazing story honestly so far from what I see from this paragraph I think I would really enjoy that book or “cosmia”!!(1 vote)