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Examples of the Discovering the Soul of Your Story principles in action
Noontime in the Garden of Characters
When you get the idea for a story, characters may come calling in droves, begging to be let in and put to work. The question is: How do you identify...
Stories from Idioms | Numbers
Some idioms contain a quality or value that can provide an easily extractable basis for a story theme. But even those that are merely descriptors...
Stories from Lyrics | Awareness
Song lyrics vary in the ease with which they can be used to generate stories. Some convey a pre-packaged tale; others contain mere kernels of...
A Tale of Two Thomases
When looking for clues about what makes a story work, it can be very instructive to compare and contrast two versions of a given story—especially if...
Stories from Photos | Prayerful Mourning
The principles in Discovering the Soul of Your Story can be used to generate stories from photographs—such as this one of a woman engaged in...
An Energetic View of Wants and Intents
In storytelling, wants are to intents as potential energy is to kinetic energy in the physical world—they provide the potential for movement but are...