Craft Quote by Ian McEwan

Narrative tension is primarily about withholding information,

— Ian Mcewan

“In this time of 'information overload', people do not need more information. They want a story they can relate to.”

— Maarten Schäfer

“The reason stories have dramatic tension is because LIFE has dramatic tension.”

— Donald Miller

The greatest communicators have unknowingly used a story pattern. They not only use anecdotes effectively, but their communication followed a persuasive story pattern of…

— Nancy Duarte

“narrative bias—a bias in that when given the option, you prefer to give and receive information in narrative format.”

— David McRaney

“Understand and challenge your personal narrative. Narratives become choices and actions — which become your life.”

— Bryant McGill

“Storytelling is a form of self-disclosure.”

— John S. Savage

“A shattered narrative is still a narrative. We can't escape it, it is what we are.”

— Jill Talbot

“Identifying the source of our personal narratives helps us to release its negative aspects and re-frame it in ways that promote wholeness.”

— Sharon Salzberg

The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity.

— Scott Turow

“Writers use narratives to select from everything there is, and make contexts by putting the pieces into relation; that’s what writers do, they make…

— Paul Shepheard

“We pay attention to what works with our narrative. We tend to dismiss that which does not.”

— Harlan Coben