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Sep. 1st, 2019 08:27 pm1. Ugh. South Carolina's Governor just called for mandatory evacuation starting at noon tomorrow of the coastline. ( Read more... )
2. Carrier Bag Theory of Storytelling or Why we should all be reading Ursula Le Quin.
Eh. I always found her tough to get into. I've no idea why. (Oh, wait the article explains why -- because the narrative structure meanders...there are no protagonists or villains.) Hmmm, maybe I'll try again, soon.
( excerpt )
Sort of like reading The Lady Trent Chronicles, I guess?
It is harder to read and get into...because we like to see the heroes kill the bad guys, but I do agree with Le Quinn this isn't working. That's not how life works. And it's not how the universe works. Our stories, at least the majority of them, do not reflect the reality that we are navigating nor provide us with the tools to navigate it successfully.
Interesting.
What makes for a good story? And is it difficult to tell one? Should it be? (Note, I'm not talking about the craft of "writing", you can write and never tell a story. And you can tell a story and never learn how to write. I'm talking about telling a story, which is a completely different skill and doesn't necessarily have anything to do with writing. ]
Does it matter -- it being difficult to tell the story? To what degree does telling a good story relate to telling a meaninful one, one that can change how others think? To what degree do we, all of us, who tell stories and publish them to an audience no matter how small have a responsibility to tell a meaningful story and not just something for fun?
To what degree do we have a responsibility to the world outside of ourselves -- when we write? And to what degree does that responsibility effect the quality of the story?
I don't know. My opinions on this change on a daily basis.
3. Autism Kid Sits Next to Speech Language Pathologist who makes headway on helping the father figure out how to communicate with his son
2. Carrier Bag Theory of Storytelling or Why we should all be reading Ursula Le Quin.
Eh. I always found her tough to get into. I've no idea why. (Oh, wait the article explains why -- because the narrative structure meanders...there are no protagonists or villains.) Hmmm, maybe I'll try again, soon.
( excerpt )
Sort of like reading The Lady Trent Chronicles, I guess?
It is harder to read and get into...because we like to see the heroes kill the bad guys, but I do agree with Le Quinn this isn't working. That's not how life works. And it's not how the universe works. Our stories, at least the majority of them, do not reflect the reality that we are navigating nor provide us with the tools to navigate it successfully.
Interesting.
What makes for a good story? And is it difficult to tell one? Should it be? (Note, I'm not talking about the craft of "writing", you can write and never tell a story. And you can tell a story and never learn how to write. I'm talking about telling a story, which is a completely different skill and doesn't necessarily have anything to do with writing. ]
Does it matter -- it being difficult to tell the story? To what degree does telling a good story relate to telling a meaninful one, one that can change how others think? To what degree do we, all of us, who tell stories and publish them to an audience no matter how small have a responsibility to tell a meaningful story and not just something for fun?
To what degree do we have a responsibility to the world outside of ourselves -- when we write? And to what degree does that responsibility effect the quality of the story?
I don't know. My opinions on this change on a daily basis.
3. Autism Kid Sits Next to Speech Language Pathologist who makes headway on helping the father figure out how to communicate with his son