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Story Class 2.3 – The dramatic tension of the undercurrent
A story usually begins with someone in some situation that is for some reason unstable. The context in which a story starts is usually too good to be true or too unbearable to endure. Either way, there is always an undercurrent of pending imbalance.
Story Class 2.2 – Why should you want to attend my story class?
My story work teaches 3 things: • Story structure: the five stages of a hero’s journey. • Essential archetypes: the 4 forces needed for plot development • Building character: the 3 levels of character growth. What can you do with this information? 1. Write stories: you can use it to create fictional stories with transformational ...
Story Class 1.8 – And they lived happily ever after?
Last night I talked for almost 2 hours on Skype with a Spanish PhD student who interviewed me for her thesis. She asked me how I know that the transformational shifts we noticed are lasting and did not just occur on a superficial cognitive level. How lasting is the happy ever after?
Story Class 1.7 – The gentle breezes of dawn and dusk
The last stage of the journey starts with the hero’s resolve to cross the threshold back to her own world. Often she experiences setbacks on her return which threaten to rekindle the flaw, addiction or desire that she had supposedly overcome in the ordeal.
Story class 1.5 Why we miss you when you are not there
How does a facilitator respond to absenteeism? This question is crucial because life happens and you need to be adaptable. This does not mean there is no cost to all involved. I thought it may be useful for myself as well as for the participants and everyone else in similar circumstances to see why we miss absent people so much
Story Class 1.1 – The Big Picture
The first two sessions of our 8 week story class deals with two big pictures: 1. an overview of story structure and the hero's transformation. 2. The pivotal moment where the hero sees the big picture and chooses the greater good - or not. The whole story and all its elements revolves around this climactic moment.
Team Innovation through Improvisation – Part 5
Click here for more information about our Team Innovation through Improvisation Workshops. Relationship How to build team relationships that promote innovation. The relationships between the members of an innovative team are based on trust and support. Your responsibility towards yourself is to be trusting and trustworthy, whilst your responsibility towards the rest of the team ...
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