Terminology
Narrative
Story
noun
noun
(A sequence of actions.)
(Something you make.)
The cognitive process of organizing information to release cognitive tension.
The product of narrative; a single object, contructed of information that has been organized to resolve tension.
Communication
Narrate
Opinion
Point of view
True
verb
noun
verb
noun
noun
adjective
(Something you do.)
(Something you make.)
(Something you do.)
The act of transmitting information.
A representation of information.
The act of communicating a point of view.
Outcome or position based on information that does not include experience.
Accurate description of one’s experience.
Trusted.
It’s trusted because it’s testable.
Differentiators
TIME
POINT OF VIEW
EXPERIENCE
SKILL
TENSION
A story must have a narrator, in order to have a point of view, which is limited.
Simulation.
Narrative = listening.
Story
Stories exist within time.
A story must contain tension.
Communication
Communication does not (statements).
Communication does not contain tension.
Does not need a narrator, does not communicate a point of view.
Information.
Talking.
Purpose
COLLABORATION
POINT OF VIEW
CHOICE
Multiple
Story
Create a shared experience.
Possibility
Communication
To differentiate.
Stakes
Single
What does it mean?
Story
A story has no relationship with trueth.
It’s your experience, not your “truth”.
Communication
It’s true or false.
Example
Fabula/Inputs
Born a Crime
Can’t Even
Ten Steps to Nanette
I’m a Stranger Here, Myself
I have 30 books. I want to organize them on my bookshlef so that they are more useful.
Narrative/Algorithm
Books are only valuable if they’ve been referenced within the last 5 years.
Sequencing: English alphabet.
Titles are more important than authors’ names.
Start with fiction, end with nonfiction.
Ones I have read on the top shelf, ones I haven’t on the bottom shelf.
Story/Output
Born a Crime
Can’t Even
Ten Steps to Nanette