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The Problem of Hope if it is a Value
Why hope? Why place hope in the story of our lives? Come to Elliot Bay Book Company – Tuesday, Mar 25th , 7 PM, 1521 Tenth Ave., Seattle, WA 206-624-6600 – to hear a dialogue on the role ho…
Turning Points
Stories aim at turning points. They climb out on the ledge to the point of greatest risk. That point beyond which there is no going back. They push dreams to extremes and hold guns to value’ heads …
Facing Tests
“We know ourselves only insofar as we have been tested.” This is a quote from a Polish poet, Wislawa Szymborska. [The Write On The River Conference in Wenatchee this weekend features Jess Walters a…
Value, Character, And Why We Can’t Live Without Stories
Okay, this will be the topic we will talk about tomorrow night, March 27th, 7:30 PM at Eagle Harbor Book Co. – 157 Winslow Way E., Bainbridge Island / 206-842-5332. The talk will include a short …
Conflict as Gap
Stories begin when an event disturbs the balance of forces in a character’s familiar world. Each event that follows directs the character’s conscious desire on a quest toward a goal that should, if…
Hope is Not…
Hope is not…counting on the outcome of an NFL playoff game for your sense of well-being. Or, if you’re concerned about being labeled a philistine… “Hope is not…being convinced that what you’re doin…
Where is my Home?
“A sad gray place.” These words were spoken to me as a way of describing what my Czech family’s homeland had become. A few years after the Velvet Revolution, this seemed apt. But not everywhere. Ap…
A Live Kidney and A Dead Cat
The kidney. Good news. My sister, Sandra Driscoll, received a transplanted kidney four days ago at the University of Washington Medical Center from a cadaveric donor. Bad news. A young man died be…