by Sarah Chauncey | Aug 17, 2016 | Memoir, Nonfiction, Resonant Storytelling
Every young writer is taught that the essence of story is conflict. But “conflict” is a loaded word. Most people see it as negative, confrontational and even violent. But it isn’t, inherently. Even if you’re writing about a world that’s all unicorns...
by Sarah Chauncey | Aug 16, 2016 | Memoir, Nonfiction, Resonant Storytelling, Writing
Almost anyone can write. All it takes is an idea and a keyboard or pencil and notepad. That’s why there are approximately 200 million active blogs. But writing isn’t the same as storytelling. Writing communicates an idea or facts; it speaks to the intellect....
by Sarah Chauncey | Jul 9, 2016 | Memoir, Nonfiction, Resonant Storytelling, Writing
Yesterday, the people behind the Wordnik Twitter account shared an article about how researchers at the University of Vermont have discovered that all stories follow one of six arcs. These are the arcs they identified by data-mining more than 1,700 novels: “Rags to...
by Sarah Chauncey | May 4, 2016 | Memoir, Nonfiction, Resonant Storytelling, Spirituality
The other day, I saw the above photo in my Facebook feed (photo © Kerry Dixon). “Transformation” is a nebulous word, kind of like “sustainability” was a decade ago. Few people identify their primary field as “transformation.” Rather, it crosses multiple sectors, from...
by Sarah | Apr 3, 2014 | Memoir, Nonfiction, Resonant Storytelling, Writing
One of the benefits of having worked in so many mediums – print, television, stage, online, stand-alone interactive and film – is that I’ve learned a variety of storytelling techniques that are transferable among platforms. There’s something in the combination of...
by Sarah | Mar 24, 2014 | Memoir, Nonfiction, Resonant Storytelling, Writing
If you’ve studied psychology (or ever watched a police procedural), you’ll know that microexpressions are split-second facial expressions that we’re not aware of making, but which reveal our true feelings about a given conversation. Although most people can’t...
