February 2010

• 2010-02-24

  From the Island of Misfit Story Ideas: Narrative divination for sensemaking

  I’m working on that promised post about preserving natural storytelling (note to self: never again end a post with “the next post will be about…”). It’s stewing. In the interim here is another visitor from the island of misfit story ideas. As before this is something I’ve been playing with in my mind for a… Read more

• 2010-02-18

  It’s not a puzzle; it’s a piece of a puzzle

  Those who have been reading this blog will know that I have long been puzzling over the relationship between the naturally occurring little-s story and the packaged, purposeful big-S Story in contemporary society. In particular, I keep coming back to this essential question: Why do people almost universally assume that recounting their own personal experiences… Read more

• 2010-02-03

  From the Island of Misfit Story Ideas: Universal Story Translator

  (This is the first in a series of posts on misfit ideas for helping people work with stories. I think they have potential, but they have not yet found anyone who wants to fund their completion. I’m posting them here to see if they can find good homes with people who need them.) The idea… Read more