Comments on: Living A Better Story http://headsparks.com/2010/06/15/living-a-better-story/ //in the glow, then it fades Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:44:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: daniel so http://headsparks.com/2010/06/15/living-a-better-story/#comment-3947 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:10:32 +0000 http://headsparks.com/?p=2555#comment-3947 DJ – Always love to hear your insights! I should clarify: I think I’m noticing & being impacted by this idea of story more & more. The Story Conference & Donald Miller are definitely two on my radar…
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Some others whose ideas on story and storytelling have influenced me lately:
* Rob Bell discusses story in “Drops Like Stars”
* NT Wright touches on it in “Surprised by Hope”
* Ira Glass from This American Life has a set of brilliant videos on storytelling (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7KQ4vkiNUk)
* Several speakers/facilitators at The Ideation shared about the significance of telling stories effectively to mobilize action (Invisible Children, charity: water, etc.)
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“A Million Miles” is chalk-full of great quotes/ideas! I love the ones you pointed out. Another one that has stuck with me is that the story is always harder than you think it will be. Perseverance in the face of hardship changes everything.

]]> By: djchuang http://headsparks.com/2010/06/15/living-a-better-story/#comment-3946 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:30:27 +0000 http://headsparks.com/?p=2555#comment-3946 Curious to hear where you’re hearing conversations overflowing about story.. I know there’s the Story Conference, and Don Miller’s talks and books that weave around narratives…

I found the book “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years” to be quite powerful for me, to realize how I’m choosing to live _is_ how I’m writing my life story. 2 other thoughts stick with me from the book = ““A general rule in creating stories is that characters don’t want to change. They must be forced to change.” and, this quote I can’t find, but the gist is “I realized I didn’t want to live a life of no consequence.”

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