We try to be driven by what's a good story, what's truthful, and the drama of what happens next.
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Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.
A good story will keep you wondering about what's happening, what's going on, where does this go? Now it's going to go that way, now it's going to go that way. It has to do that. If it's predictable, it's just boring.
We are made of the stories we have heard and read all through our lives.
It is in your DNA to love a good story. You know, neat tales with heroes and villains and conflicts to resolve. A good story pushes our buttons, is exciting and memorable.
Stories and narratives are one of the most powerful things in humanity. They're devices for dealing with the chaotic danger of existence.
Human beings love stories because they safely show us beginnings, middles and ends.
Stories need stupid decisions that, at the time, seem absolutely rational and necessary. Without stupid decisions, the world isn't thrown out of balance, and so there's no need for a 'rest of the story' to balance it back.
The telling of stories creates the real world.
You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author's world.
The marketplace tells us that good, visceral storytelling has a place. But there are lots of questions about the format that stories take.
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