the seed of a powerful story
25th August 2016 | for Creatives | create for YOURSELF, artist integrity, writing, storytelling, Alan Watt |
"By inquiring into what we feel strongly about, we are led directly to the seed of a powerful story."
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that is what your story is about
"What we feel strongly about is that thing we want to stand on our rooftop and shout to the world, that thing we would die for, that thing we are uniquely qualified to express. What we feel strongly about is not the plot, but rather the underlying meaning that drives the plot. What is that thing? Be curious. Because that is what your story is about. "
make the story more important
"When we make the story more important than the result, the story has a chance to live. "
We Have a Responsibility
"We know in our deep and private places that we have a responsibility to take on things that draw our attention and to turn them into these mysterious objects—poems and stories—that illuminate, that offer an objection to the status quo, that warn and empower."
