Part of the power of all storytelling is reassurance, offering hope to those sat in the darkness, that good can succeed and wrongdoing fail.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The power of storytelling is to free us from isolation, shame, and whatever the situation.
The reality of the writer's world is that you set yourself up for disappointment with every success that you deliver because with every success you raise your readers' expectations.
The reality of the writer's world is that you set yourself up for future disappointment with every success that you deliver because you end up raising your audience's expectations.
Stories and narratives are one of the most powerful things in humanity. They're devices for dealing with the chaotic danger of existence.
No matter how dark things may get in a story, I feel it's the responsibility of the storyteller to leave the audience with at least a shred of hope.
Every story makes a promise to the reader. Actually, two promises, one emotional and one intellectual, since the function of stories is to make us both feel and think.
Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.
The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.
I think that good storytelling of any kind does promote a humility in that it encourages you to see the world the way that other people see it.
I don't think in terms of optimism and pessimism when writing a story. I am telling a story.