Jim Best writes historical novels and contemporary novels with a strong historical theme. His talk will be about storytelling, especially stories that take readers to another time and place. Jim Best is the author of The Shopkeeper, Leadville, Tempest at Dawn, The Shut Mouth Society, and The Digital Organization. James has also written two regular magazine columns and numerous journal articles. As a conference speaker, he has made presentations throughout North America and Europe. He is currently working on Murder at Thumb Butte, a Steve Dancy Western. Another Time, Another Place, Another Story is his presentation on storytelling.

1. A Presentation on Storytelling James D. Best Author of Tempest at Dawn, The Shopkeeper, Leadville, The Shut Mouth Society, & The Digital Organization Another Time, Another Place ... Another Story

2. Another Time, Another Place ... Another Story Working on Murder at Thumb Butte

7. Storytelling Another Time, Another Place ... Another Story

9. In the first fifth of the story, put the protagonist up a tree In the middle of the story, throw rocks at the protagonist In the final fifth of the story, get the protagonist out of the tree Another Time, Another Place ... Another Story How do you tell a story?

10. Great literature is also great storytelling Books read down the generations must be well written and good stories Another Time, Another Place ... Another Story

11. Another Time, Another Place ... Another Story Raymond Chandler “ It might reasonably be said that all art at some time and in some manner becomes mass entertainment, and that if it does not it dies and is forgotten. ”

14. Another Time, Another Place ... Another Story The Protagonist Roy Rogers Flawed Hero The Anti-Hero The Wholesome Hero John Wayne Chigurh

15. Another Time, Another Place ... Another Story Traditional Hero—As Defined by Raymond Chandler “… down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. He is the hero; he is everything. He must be, to use a rather weathered phrase, a man of honor—by instinct, by inevitability, without thought of it, and certainly without saying it. He must be the best man in his world and a good enough man for any world. “The story is this man’s adventure in search of a hidden truth, and it would be no adventure if it did not happen to a man fit for adventure. If there were enough like him, the world would be a very safe place to live in, without becoming too dull to be worth living in.”

17. Another Time, Another Place ... Another Story The Antagonist can be: A place A child Time A longing An animal A comic

18. Another Time, Another Place ... Another Story The Antagonist is often: A villain

19. Another Time, Another Place ... Another Story My favorite theatrical villain Alan Rickman Professor Snape Sheriff of Nottingham Hans Gruber Elliot Marston

20. Another Time, Another Place ... Another Story Villainy and Redemption Darth Vader Anakin Skywalker Moll Flanders

21. Another Time, Another Place ... Another Story Mrs. Iselin, a.k.a The Queen of Diamonds Villainy with Demagoguery

22. Another Time, Another Place ... Another Story Villainy disguised with a phony niceness Eddie Haskell

23. Another Time, Another Place ... Another Story Relentless Villainy Wile E. Coyote

24. Another Time, Another Place ... Another Story Depraved Villains Hannibal Lecter Cujo Voldemort Amon Goeth

25. Another Time, Another Place ... Another Story The Ghost of Christmas Past Dorian Gray Inner Villainy

28. Always do right—this will gratify some and astonish the rest. Mark Twain (1835–1910) Another Time, Another Place ... Another Story