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THE USES OF STORY

Gamestorming Workshop: The Uses of Story - DRS Chicago, June 2015

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Page 1: Gamestorming Workshop: The Uses of Story - DRS Chicago, June 2015

THE USES OF STORY

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TWO POSSIBLY SURPRISING EXAMPLES

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MARRIAGE

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MEDICINE

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THE ART OF LYING

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T. C. Boyle

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Q: Have you ever told a lie that gets as big and as potentially disastrous as the one Lonnie tells in the book? !

A: "I make my living telling lies. Everything I do is a lie. It's an artistic lie, a story, an invention. That's how I live. The reason that we make art and love art is because the real world is out of control, utterly random and there's absolutely no purpose to human life. So what we do is we create our own scenario in our own world. When asked this question about why my characters suffer so much, it's because I'm the god of my own world and by god they're going to suffer! That's my pleasure."

––T. C. Boyle

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TWO STORIES

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MINE“Jimmy and the Vanishing Cream”

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YOURS “Strangers on a Plane”

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TWO MORE STORIES

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MINE“Mark Twain, My Mother Is Eternally Grateful”

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YOURS“How I Came Here and Why I Stayed”

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9 REASONS WHY WE NEED STORIES

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1. WE DELIGHT IN STORIES.

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2. STORIES CREATE COMMUNITY.

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3. STORIES HELP US SEE THROUGH THE EYES OF OTHER PEOPLE.

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4. STORIES HELP US SEE THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR ACTIONS.

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5. STORIES EDUCATE OUR DESIRES.

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6. STORIES HELP US DWELL IN PLACE.

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7. STORIES HELP US DWELL IN TIME.

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8. STORIES HELP US DEAL WITH SUFFERING LOSS AND DEATH.

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9. STORIES TEACH US HOW TO BE HUMAN.

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LASTLY, HOW TO MAKE SHAPELY STORIES

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STORY VERSUS PLOT

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CAUSE AND EFFECT

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HOW AND WHY

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STORIES ARE INEVITABLE IN RETROSPECT

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INFORMATION

DATA

TRUTH

INSIGHT

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"Movies are real life with the boring parts cut out."

––Alfred Hitchcock

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THE END