A Theory of Story Structured Around Something Other Than Conflict

I’ve been studying current practices for the construction of stories. What is story? It is the human activity of representing mankind’s life through narrative. I say that it is mankind’s whole life that is represented, not because I believe each story should include everything that life is, but because I think it’s a mistake to organize story theory around only one aspect of human experience. If story represents life itself, then we have to ask the question: In what do men’s lives truly consist? What is essential? At the center… Read more A Theory of Story Structured Around Something Other Than Conflict →