![]() ![]() And, by the way, experience tells me that people love coincidence stories. Things happened and something unanticipated happened. ![]() This is definitely a story but I wouldn’t say the protagonist had any challenges to overcome. The chances of us meeting in such a remote place must have been a million to one. In the petrol station was Allan Fox, a dear friend who was in Eucla for 2 days to photograph the amazing sand dunes there. On the return leg we pulled into Eucla, pitched our tent and I walked over to the petrol station to buy some milk. Take a coincidence story for example.Ī few years ago I took my family on a road trip from Canberra to Perth and back, about 8000 km return. There are many stories that don’t adhere to the ‘challenge’ definition. I see many story practitioners defining stories by saying things like, “the protagonist needs to have a challenge.” I’m afraid these types of definitions have been overly influenced by Big S storytelling and the Hero’s Journey. But what follows is merely a description.Īs Mallary Jean Tenore beautifully puts it in a recent Poynton article, “A story is a promise that the end is worth waiting for.” LeFever’s example starts out like a story, … she recently created a website (time marker). Of course great stories are made of much more than that, but these are the things that need to be at a story’s core. A story needs to have a time or place marker, things happening, and something unexpected. Something needs to happen that is unexpected (though not necessarily alarming). Enough for you to exclaim, Oh! that’s interesting. He called me from Boston the next day and to my utter surprise he said he would waive his high fees because he now thought of me as a friend after reading my online comments on his blog.Ī story must have something unanticipated in it. He also encouraged his readers, like me, to leave comments.Īs I was just starting my business I thought I would email David seeking his help. David would share his thoughts day-by-day, with his latest ideas appearing at the top of the page. ![]() In 2006 David Maister, an expert in professional service firms, started his blog (short for web-log). Here is an alternative that contains the missing element. I like the idea LeFever is making but his example of a story is not quite a story. He makes the point that both contain the same information but do it in quite different ways. This stream of entries has enabled her to connect with dog lovers from around the world. Her website is an online journal, or blog, where she posts a new entry that appears at the top of her page every few days. She recently created a website where she posts information about her experiences raising a puppy. Blogs are usually the work of a single individual, occasionally of a small group, and often themed on a single subject. I’m at the chapter on storytelling and LeFever opens with two ways to describe a blog.Ī blog is a personal journal published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete entries (“posts”) typically displayed in reverse chronological order to the most recent post appears first. Whatever the goal or target audience, I can help you tell your story.I’m just reading the Art of Explanation by Lee LeFever. I also am happy to chronicle family histories, in a photo book or a self-published book intended simply for family and friends. My extensive journalism background, coupled with my public relations experience, is the perfect combination to identity a compelling story, write it and share it. My main focus is book writing but I also can help write blogs, OpEds, speeches and more. There are many ways to tell stories, and they can all work together to deliver an engaging narrative. I am passionate about writing and sharing the many fascinating, interesting, inspiring, heartbreaking, surprising stories all around us. I have been writing professionally for more than 25 years. I truly believe everyone has a story to tell, and I want to help you tell yours. They are what bond us, inspire us and build our history together. Telling stories is what we do everyday, over coffee, at a dinner party, during holidays, in meetings with colleagues or clients. ![]()
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