Stories and narratives are one of the most powerful things in humanity. They're devices for dealing with the chaotic danger of existence.
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Stories are amazing and powerful because they can resonate with people depending on their needs and experiences and speak truths we need to hear in that moment in time.
A story is how we construct our experiences.
I believe that stories are incredibly important, possibly in ways we don't understand, in allowing us to make sense of our lives, in allowing us to escape our lives, in giving us empathy and in creating the world that we live in.
Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.
The telling of stories creates the real world.
There is something in human beings that loves stories.
Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives.
As a writer and as a reader, I really believe in the power of narrative to allow us ways to experience life beyond our own, ways to reflect on things that have happened to us and a chance to engage with the world in ways that transcend time and gender and all sorts of things.
There's a problem with narratives. Most that spring to mind are fictional.
As human beings, we are all not conducting just one narrative but many narratives all at the same time.
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