Stories are about Choices and choosing.
In the context of social organizing and action, Marshall Ganz instructs us to tell a Leadership Story--the "Story of Me" before the stories of "We" and "Now".
Narrative connecting of the dots--making sense of non-sense.
To use this pattern you may use Storycraft Template.
We will make up a story rather than live in confusion.
Telling the story is important for the teller as well as the listener.
Three Parts: The setup. The confrontation. The resolution.
digraph { layout=dot rankdir=BT overlap=false consentrate=true node [style=filled shape=box fillcolor=lightblue] Theme "Theme\nStatement" "Noun-Verb-Noun" Title Outline Topical Scenic "Shape of Story" node [style=filled shape=box fillcolor=green1] "Particular\nDesires" "Particular\nCharacter" Complication Frustration Action Consequences Setting Scene Crisis Climax Success Defeat Resolution Insight Denouement Theme -> "Theme\nStatement" -> "Noun-Verb-Noun" -> Title -> Outline -> {Topical Scenic} -> "Shape of Story" "Particular\nDesires" -> Complication "Particular\nCharacter" -> Complication -> Frustration -> Action Scene -> Consequences Setting -> Consequences Action -> Consequences -> Crisis -> Climax -> Success Climax -> Defeat -> Resolution -> Insight -> Denouement }
For an example, a first attempt to use this pattern see Marc's Story.
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Insight: Invention is not innovation. Adoption may take more than a lifetime.
See Notes on Writing
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