The Qualities of a Captivating True Story or Documentary - video

When an author aspires to write a story that can be adapted to a documentary, it's important to understand the current landscape for documentary films. An author must identify where his or her story fits in, and determine if it has qualities that will make it stand out amongst the other content that is being developed or that is already available to audiences. Per producer and director, David Wong, the qualities of a true story that will give writers an edge and captivate audiences include rare and distinctly unique characters or story lines, and proven traction with the material.
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    Thanks David, you had some really good feedback and some valid points.

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      Thanks David, I do have continued taught about how my book is going to attract the audience. I have the confidence this is the book I want to write and there is a concern about the perfect name.

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        Thanks for sharing

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          David thanks point well taken 

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            David that was very informative thanks for sharing. I wrote my story as a documentary but before that I wrote it as a rap song that was hard to understand without knowing what happened so then I wrote it as a documentary.. Is there a genre for documentaries told in a rap scenario? Maybe they can call it "funny politics." 

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