A Story About Getting Unstoried | S5 Ep12

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OUR STORY

This week, our story isn’t a retelling of an ancient myth or offering a new spin on an old bit of folklore. Instead, it’s a long, open ended response to this question:

Is it possible I'm hiding behind stories? 

Host Marisa Goudy reflects on how stories have shaped her work and wrestles with this question.

Inspired by a powerful conversation with friend and colleague Carmen Schreffler, this episode explores the delicate balance between storytelling and the deeper meaning-making process.

Here's a writing prompt from a recent Writers’ Knot session that will help you explore what it means to “get unstoried’:

Most prompts in the Writers’ Knot include the phrase “tell the story of…” 

Stories are necessary. Stories make us human. And, we may set limitations on our understanding of the more-than-human world when we impose story on everything we encounter.

Be with an unstoried place, creature, or experience. Dare to strip away the story and be with what is. Allow this to be both possible and impossible. Allow yourself to resort to metaphor and even tell the story of how you tried to write without imagining the story of it all. 

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About Carmen Schreffler: Carmen is a previous podcast guest and member of the Writers’ Knot. Learn more about her approach to work and life on her Substack, Way of WildPreneur. 

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