Storytelling Mentorship Group 2

There are a couple of people using the

#story-mentor

tag so I'm encouraged.

If you write a story and you'd like me to take a look, use the tag and I promise to have a look at it and upvote appropriately - by that, I mean if the spammers follow us there, I'll be FLAGGING their posts, rather than upvoting, so please be aware of that.

So far, there are two stories there so please go and check them out.

@frank1in

and

@praada

Please write an introduction of yourself as though it's an observation of another person - take a look at @praada's post, he's done an excellent introduction.

If you cannot wrap your head around that, try 'interviewing' yourself (see my 'entry' later in this post) and write your results. After all, if you can't find some interesting questions to ask yourself, who will?

This is not like any writing group you've ever been part of, it's there for everyone to read and encourage everyone else and by that, I do hope you'll also be upvoting other posts.

Together we can ALL mentor, learn, improve and encourage.

I'll try to get some other mentors (and hopefully, sponsors) involved too.

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This is me.

D Michelle Gent has come up through the 'ranks' of writing mostly by herself. She would freely admit that others have helped when asked and have guided her in the right direction (and sometimes the wrong ones) but by and large, just about everything she has done is off her own back. She has driven herself to learn how to write and then how to edit. She is always learning and putting into practice her new-found knowledge - and most importantly, she is more than willing to share that knowledge.

The skill of formatting is a work in progress, especially where html is concerned.

She can be pedantic and even anal about facts and details - by her own admission - and that is often what drives her forward (and drives her a little mad). The desire to have all her ducks in a neat row, every i dotted, every t crossed can perhaps be attributed to perfectionism rather than OCD tendencies.

Michelle has a scathing wit and sharp tongue and uses both with lethal expertise but she is learning to temper her use of them. Being on a multi-cultural platform such as Steemit.com, is teaching lessons about how others perceive humour and sarcasm (especially) and that others may not have English as a first (or even second) language and nuances may be overlooked or misinterpreted.

Michelle has never had any desire to become a schoolroom teacher but she does understand that she has a natural ability to help people understand the lessons she likes to teach - rather a paradox, really.

Michelle has written a number of books and has more in the pipeline. One of the books she is most proud and amazed at is Ash and the Favour-Man which she wrote in episode format over a six-week stretch last year (2017).

She promotes Steemit.com with enthusiasm and encourages people from all walks of life to 'give it a go'.

Michelle has been a proud member of the Steemit Community since August 2016, been to both SteemFests and made many friends in the community.

She can usually be found behind her laptop. Signs that she is still alive and / or awake are the constant tapping of the keys and the sound of the laptop fan in overdrive trying to cool it down as she heats it up.

Michelle's Amazon Page

Michelle's IMDB page

Today's favourite saying is:

“Have I gone mad?”
“I'm afraid so. You're entirely Bonkers. But I will tell you a secret, all the best people are.”

― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland