Preface.

Acknowledgments.

About the Author.

Introduction: Why Storytelling?

1 First Steps: Getting Ready for Grantseeking.

2 Research: Finding Your Audience.

3 Relationships with Funders: Cultivating Your Audience.

4 The Proposal Narrative: Introducing the Characters and the Place.

5 The Need or Problem: Building Tension and Conflict into Your Story.

6 Goals and Objectives: Finding a Resolution to the Problem.

7 Evaluation and Future Funding: Writing the Epilogue and Planning for a Sequel.

8 The Budget: Translating Your Story from Words to Numbers.

9 The Summary, Titles, and Headings: Preparing Your Marketing Copy.

10 Packaging: Publishing Your Proposal Story.

Afterword.

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