![]() ![]() So, they extract or emphasize what will serve that purpose. In other words, they turn it into a product. Producers clean the story up, polish it and shape it into something – a song, a play, a novel or a sermon – which will satisfy a market or a need. I think part of what Peterson is telling us is: When it comes to stories, we have the choice to become either a producer or a curator. Family stories should just be told well and often and, thereby, planted in the soil of family culture.Įugene Peterson says “we live in a world impoverished of story so it is not surprising that many of us have picked up the bad habit of extracting ‘truths’ from the stories we read: we summarize ‘principles’ that we can use in a variety of settings at our discretion we distill a ‘moral’ that we can use as a slogan on a poster or as a motto on our desk.‚” Their power is not dependent on us anyway. It’s not even essential to fully understand the stories. That’s why the classic stories – from “The Prodigal Son‚” to “Treasure Island‚” – have been told in every culture and time since their first telling. When it falls into the ground of a human mind, it takes on a life of its own. It carries a power which is mysterious, potent and continuing. You have just been arrested by the power of story.Ī story is a like a seed. If you have a pulse, those six words should stop you in your tracks. He accepted the challenge and wrote “For sale: Baby shoes, never worn.‚” Friends, who knew how much he despised flabby and florid writing, once challenged him to write a story using only six words. One of the distinctives of his writing is simple and clear prose. Many people consider Ernest Hemingway to be the gold standard for fiction. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |