When you write, you are somehow summarizing. From the mountains of notes, one has to decide what fits the goal of the piece you are writing.
Not all can be written, and when structuring, the story might be slightly different from how it unfolded.
Therein lies the beauty, to create something from raw data, and to make sense. In that way, maybe, just maybe, writing is thinking.
The Bible starts with a story, and has a succession of stories throughout as we learn of the triumphs and suffering of humans.
With its structure of a hero, villain and victim, stories are powerful ways to convey a message. We are taken on the hero’s journey to fight, face the obstacles and ultimate overcome the villain’s wicked ways in order to save the victim.
Like every powerful tool, stories can be used for good or evil. And just like with a good story where the villain manages to con the hero by disguising his or her intentions, you may not know when the deception by story-telling is on. As with any tool, a story-telling might only be suitable in certain instances. For live doesn’t always have a hero, villain and victim.
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