 CHRISTINA RUTHAYANI

 DRIFER BANJARNAHOR
 FEFI MARIA MANALU
"Story" is a universal mirror that shows us the
truth about ourselves--who and why we are.
 We see daily routine and mundane circumstance
transformed into something profound
 "Story" takes the ordinary and binds it into all of

human existence, revealing the significance of the

trivial.
 Through "story" we can transcend the experience
of daily living and know ourselves as more
enduring than the little occurrences than mark our
individual existences.
 Inside "story" we can accept pain,find justice, and

experience exaltation.
 Inside"story" we can recognize and understand our
own motivations, because we are the people in the
stories
 When we enter into "story" we find the story inside

ourselves.
 "Story" defines humanity.
 Structure
 way of presenting that is different than
information, description, illustration
 easier to remember because structured
 Personal--we identify
 commonality of experience extended
◦ we are part of the group
 provides order and meaning
 A story is a world where every character, every
action, every story element has meaning and
purpose.
 fundamentally different from life,
◦ life offers facts and ideas that don't necessarily have a clear
meaning;
◦ events that generate emotional states that have no clear
resolution
◦ events engage the senses, but not in a meaningful, fulfilling way.
◦ Real life, then, can be chaotic, or appear to lack a desirable
purpose and meaning
 we can never predict the outcome of any action or series
of actions.
 Most people have a need for something that assigns a
desirable, discernible meaning and purpose to life.
 This is what a story does.
 A story promises its audience a dramatic journey that
offers resolution and fulfillment of life-like issues, events
and human needs.
 We organize the chaos of life
 First person
 Narrator
 Authority
 Producer
 Timeliness
 Proximity
 Significance
 Conflict
 Prominence
 human interest
 Make clear why it is worthwhile
 Beginning--set up
 Middle--conflict or problem
 End--resolution
 Hero--with whom audience can identify
 Conflict--
◦ with a nemesis
◦ Self
◦ society
 Plot-- the series of events
 Theme--moral of the story
 Denouement--order and harmony
 Showing is preferable to telling
 Begin powerfully
 unfold events
◦ reflect the plot and the theme
 through behavior reveal the character and conflict
 Keep it simple
 Characters unique
 Modulate tempo, mood
 Emphasize relationships
 Unpredictable
 A storyteller should to be able to perceive what a story is
about at its deepest level, and how to move that to a
resolution that offers fulfillment to a story's audience.
 Understand what about the movement of a story
engages the interest, the needs of an audience.
 Create a dramatic movement of a story toward its
fulfillment.
 Every element of a story works together in its characters,
plot, environment and ideas to make vivid and potent a
story's world.
 At its heart, a story must have an issue at stake that is of
consequence to the story's audience.
 Something the members of the audience will desire to
experience in a state of resolution and fulfillment.
 Love. Courage. Redemption. Renewal.
 Some issue that revolves around the aching need of
humans to feel they matter, that they have a place in the
world.