The power of the story – four versions of different lengths for you to consider and savour
“Stories are memory aids, instruction manuals and moral compasses.”
Aleks Krotoski, “Observer”, 7 August 2011“Stories are compensatory. The world is unfair, unjust, unknowable, out of control.”
“Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?” by Jeannette Winterson (2011)“Telling stories is our way of coping, a way of creating shape out of a mess. It binds everyone together.”
Canadian film director Sarah Polley, “Observer”, 23 June 2013
There are so many different ways to tell stories:
- One version is the novel which can take days or weeks to read. I have reviewed many of the novels that I have read here.
- Another version is the movie which typically takes just a couple of hours to view. I have reviewed many oif the films that I have seen here.
- Yet another version is the short story which one can usually read in a single sitting. I have published 31 short stories which I have myself written here.
- One more version is the story with a moral which can usually be read in minutes. I have collected 60 motivational tales here.