Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot.
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.
The basic rule of storytelling is 'show, don't tell.'
Storytelling is the essential human activity. The harder the situation, the more essential it is.
It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life.
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.
The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.
While I think storytelling is a meaningful way to spend your life... it does feel a little bit secondary or off-point.
The telling of stories creates the real world.
The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity.