Five Minute Observations

Category: Storytelling

  • Avo Meets Liberty

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    Joe Class III
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    A simple dog walk turns complicated when Avo meets Liberty, a beagle whose owner has strong opinions about the neighborhood. Five minutes of polite conversation leaves me wondering: How well I really know the people living next door? And what do they really know about me?

  • Why You Are a Story Worth Telling

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    Joe Class III
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    A quiet moment at Flaming Geyser State Park. A question to my dad. A camera around his neck. I didn’t know then how much that day would teach me about storytelling and why our ordinary lives might hold the most extraordinary stories of all. What if the one you’ve been carrying is the one someone…

  • Fighting for My Writing at Midnight

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    Joe Class III
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    The coffee shop clock blinks an angry red glow—11:47 PM. My freelance article sits unfinished, due in eight hours. My finger hovers over the ChatGPT app. Three taps and I’m done. But fifteen years ago, a college professor taught me why shortcuts always backfire.

  • Timing. It’s EVERYTHING!

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    Joe Class III
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    Trying to write in the later part of the afternoon or early evening is super hard for me. I function so much better in the morning. All my creative energy is focused on the time of day when it makes the most sense. Not that I cannot be creative later in the afternoon. But I…

  • Mastering Storytelling

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    Joe Class III
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    Like it or not, people born on this planet have a narrative. Everyone wants to talk. Some about an event. For others, it’s a task they finished or a budding relationship. Or maybe they just ended their marriage. Whatever it is, you will find someone ready to tell you all about it! And what is…

  • Telling Stories

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    Joe Class III
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    Before I was old enough to read, I told stories. Imagination incubated, spit out into the world through my limited toddler vocabulary. After being taught how to read and write, the magic turned from oral stories to written stories. Now I was writing my own material, reading everything I could to get ideas, even the…

  • Telling Your Story

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    Joe Class III
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    Somewhere inside us is a need to tell someone else something that happened to us. That thing is called a story. Stories are the glue that connects us, brings us together. And, sometimes, separates us, dividing us in ways we could never imagine.                 Okay, so what’s your story? What’s that one thing making you…

  • Experiences Make Great Storytelling

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    Joe Class III
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    Everyone, like it or not, has a story. Each person born on planet Earth has some event, task, or relationship they want to talk to you about. And what is the goal of each of these individuals? To tell their story.                Like it or not, we all have a story. Some of us have…