Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.
Storytelling is ultimately a creative act of pattern recognition. Through characters, plot and setting, a writer creates places where previously invisible truths become visible. Or the storyteller posits a series of dots that the reader can connect.
Plot and character are virtually the same thing.
While I think storytelling is a meaningful way to spend your life... it does feel a little bit secondary or off-point.
Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have been fortunate enough to be rewarded for.
Stories and narratives are one of the most powerful things in humanity. They're devices for dealing with the chaotic danger of existence.
Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. That's the bottom line no matter what medium you're writing for.
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.
I think storytelling is all about children. We human beings love to hear stories being told - and it first happens when you're a kid.
Storytelling is about patience, about making sense of the moments of pathos and beauty that you find, and about carrying these moments back into your own life.