Category Archives: Story Practitioners

See a photo of John, his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with John Randall, Question 5 Q: What’s your favorite story about a transformation that came about through a story or storytelling act? A: A little over 10 years ago, my … Continue reading →

See a photo of John, his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with John Randall, Question 4 Q: Your forthcoming book is about your studies of narremes and narratology. Can you give readers a bit of a preview of the book? In a nutshell, … Continue reading →

See a photo of John, his bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with John Randall, Question 3 Q: You describe on your Web site the time in your life that you got into narratology, but what attracted you to this field? What has inspired you to … Continue reading →

See a photo of John, his bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with John Randall, Question 2 Q: How did you initially become involved with story/storytelling/ narrative? What attracted you to this field? What do you love about it? A: My love of storytelling began with my mother … Continue reading →

John Randall’s work caught my eye because it’s in an area that is completely unfamiliar to me — narremes. I’m looking forward to learning about this field through this Q&A and John’s upcoming manifesto, Narremes. I also have a soft spot for him because he shares two of his names … Continue reading →

Reinvention Summit 2 is history, but I’m continuing to recap, synthesize, and expand on its 20 excellent sessions. Because I’ve published some of author Jim Signorelli’s approaches in my Q&A and because even more is available in a meaty excerpt from his book, StoryBranding, I won’t go into great detail … Continue reading →

Who might we hear as presenters at the next Reinvention Summit? Who are the future thought leaders who have visions of stories spinning in their heads and are newly charged up by Reinvention Summit 2? They just might be the group profiled below, who had the opportunity to describe their … Continue reading →

See a photo of Diane, her bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5. Q&A with Diane Wyzga, Question 6: Q: What future aspirations do you personally have for your own story work? What would you like to do in the story … Continue reading →

See a photo of Diane, her bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Q&A with Diane Wyzga, Question 5: Q: What people or entities have been most influential to you in your story work and why? A: To name one runs the risk … Continue reading →

See a photo of Diane, her bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Diane Wyzga, Question 4: Q: In your interview with Stephanie West Allen, you tell an absolutely fascinating story of how you discovered storytelling, of being “in a book and coffee … Continue reading →