It sounds simple, “go ahead….” But.
I think it’s true that there are people who just sort of naturally tell stories, and are storytellers. The spontaneous, “Well, that reminds me of a story…,” is how it seems to work the best. But there are those of us who are more action-oriented, and, on still another hand, I count myself among the small group whose aim is to solve conceptual problems in cognitive science, a theorist. It probably goes without saying that theorists are those least inclined to “just say” anything of consequence, let alone a personal story, someting that would be my story.
It sounds simple, “go ahead….” But.
I think it’s true that there are people who just sort of naturally tell stories, and are storytellers. The spontaneous, “Well, that reminds me of a story…,” is how it seems to work the best. But there are those of us who are more action-oriented, and, on still another hand, I count myself among the small group whose aim is to solve conceptual problems in cognitive science, a theorist. It probably goes without saying that theorists are those least inclined to “just say” anything of consequence, let alone a personal story, someting that would be my story.
Despite my inclination to think about it, rather than just say it, I’m inching toward telling my story of being in recovery; it may not be recognizable, as such, but I started it here in a BB comment on Monday, 4/2 (http://bathtubbulletin.com/does-recovery-kill-great-writing-by-leslie-jamison/#comment-21145).
It’s a start.
Excellent!
Workin on book # 3.
And yes, transformative…