Telling Tales

I used to say that when I try to tell a story, rather than unfold, it unravels. I can always remember punchlines to jokes, but forget how to set them up. Pursuing an education in stories, I found at down the writer's path: It's a Whole New Mind in the world according to Pink. Vikk cites Daniel Pink in The Whole new Mind:

He believes that storytelling is on the rise. Changes brought about by technology and globalization will cause successful people and organizations to number storytelling in the top six most valuable aptitudes needed to be successful.

I'll grant that fiction writers are more story tellers than those who report the news or develop feature articles. Still, the creative nonfiction proponents advocate adopting good fiction techniques for nonfiction, and I'm thinking this includes stories, especially when they're used as metaphors. So, a priest, a rabbi, and a minister walk into a bar ... [creative nonfiction stories]

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