Take a half hour and no longer and write your life story. Try to be as objective as you can and write in the third person. What is the main plot? Who are the main characters? What moral can you divulge from this story?

As an example, take look at Michael Kimball's blog Michael Kimball Writes Your Life Story (on a postcard).Use the submit/comment ( Read more... )

I was reading an article on TheOoze.com about Obama's fulfillment of the need for Myth Makers or MetaNarratives in our society (I know that sounds very cerebral but it really isn't) and it make me think about how much we have need of story in our lives ( Read more... )

"He typed furiously, the sweat starting to make the computer act funny and the screeen kept blinking and dancing to the left. This wasn't going to kill him but if he didn't get the story written by midnight all was lost. Fortunately there were some MASH reruns on late night TV so that could be his back up plan. It wasn't until the power went out ( Read more... )