A Lesson in Narrative
Charlie Bennett writes, “It started with a typewriter and a knife…and a girl. Always a girl, I guess.”
Walking through an urban park in a Dutch city, we happen upon a stylishly goth young woman, comforting a giraffe. "There must be a story here," we tell ourselves. And there is -- but no sign tells us.
People find narrative. That's what they do. Relax, help if you can, go on about your work.
This matters to blogging. Weblogs are narratives that unfold over time. Everyone writes stories; that's why they call them stories. If you don't want to write tomorrow's fish wrap, you need to masters the narrative before it masters you.