The history of storytelling isn't one of simply entertaining the masses but of also advising, instructing, challenging the status quo.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories.
Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.
Storytelling is the essential human activity. The harder the situation, the more essential it is.
Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. That's the bottom line no matter what medium you're writing for.
History is full of really good stories. That's the main reason I got into this racket: I want to make the argument that history is interesting.
As storytellers, you're always somehow creating history.
There is an odd sense of responsibility attached to appearing in a drama about a real piece of history. A work of fiction is fun.
Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot.
Storytelling is about listening in any media.
While I think storytelling is a meaningful way to spend your life... it does feel a little bit secondary or off-point.
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