FInding good stories
How do you find good stories? Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen have made a fortune with their “Chicken Soup for the Soul” series of books, not for writing the stories but for collecting them. Good stories are happening all around us all the time. They are in the news, they are in your own life. So, how do you …
The Value of Deadlines or Aaron Copland’s Inspiration
The Value of Deadlines or Aaron Copland’s Inspiration Long time ago, when I was a young composer at a New Music symposium at the University of Buffalo, I had the good fortune of sitting at the feet of Aaron Copland as he taught a master class. Now I was pretty young and naive (even though I thought I was just …
Why Stories? and The super computer story
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. Confucius WHY STORIES? Nothing teaches like experience. Like learning to ride a bike. You could benefit from hearing someone describe how to do it. You’d gain a great deal more by watching someone do it. But once you’ve done it yourself you’ll never …
“Getting Good” and “The Art of the Story”
Note: This is an article published last week in the Neo-Ericksonian Approaches Newsletter. To those of you who read it, sorry for the repeat. It won’t happen again. At least not if I can help it. Those of you who haven’t read it – well – here it is. Enjoy. Getting Good When I teach classes on (or write about) …
News from Lake Wobegon… in NYC
Last week I had the delightful experience of attending a live broadcast of “A Prairie Home Companion” radio show with Garrison Keillor. This radio show is broadcast on National Public Radio here in the United States. It features music and comedic radio plays (with sound effects performed live by a man with an uncanny ear for such things) all hosted …
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