Tell Me a Story
"ONCE UPON A TIME..."
was the original:
"IN A WORLD..."
People love stories. We were born into a continuing and ongoing saga. We hear fairy tales as toddlers. We experience the world as a narrative. We live in our own story, and populate those of others. All the world's religions have deep and ancient stories. Greek and Roman myths are stories. Pictures tell a story. Books - even now in digital format - are some of the most enduring media.
So, little wonder that when we see a good story unwinding, we perk up.
Granted, some stories are poorly constructed, badly written, composed of tedious material, or are of topics that just don't interest you.
When I was in 5th grade, I borrowed a book from the Public Library that had a child character who had a habit of saying words backward. It so impressed me that to this day, I find myself playing that word game with almost everything I read.
See?
All of the sudden this blog about "story" offered a quick personal story, and I'll bet you read right to the end when you realized it was no longer a treatise ABOUT story, but a REAL story.
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