We need narrative; it feeds us in a particular way, and deconstructing it completely before you've actually experienced it, I think it leaves us unfed.
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The power of storytelling is to free us from isolation, shame, and whatever the situation.
I think there are narratives going on all the time that we think of as tangential - up until they turn out to be deciding factors in our lives.
As human beings, we are all not conducting just one narrative but many narratives all at the same time.
My sister-in-law believes that few narratives are so tightly constructed that you can't skip boring bits and still keep abreast of what's going on.
Narrative becomes the way you make sense of chaos. That's how you focus the world. It's the only reason you should ever try this writing job.
Stories and narratives are one of the most powerful things in humanity. They're devices for dealing with the chaotic danger of existence.
Emotionally, in our minds, we get so filled with resentments where we've got a story about absolutely everything.
People need a narrative, and if there isn't one on offer, they make one up.
I think we have become oversaturated with tired fictional narratives.
I feel like there's already a written narrative going on everywhere. All the different situations and realities you're in, like words floating by. It's something that I didn't start thinking about until recently, but you can hitch that ride, that narrative that's already been created. You just have to read it and write it down.
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