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Social media fugue – is the bloom off the rose?

by Bill Wren on April 1, 2011

вик услугиOver the last four months or so I have been using social media far less than a year ago and I wonder if social media hasn’t hit a kind of tipping point and I’ve entered into a kind of fugue state where it is concerned. The dictionary on my computer defines fugue (second meaning) [...]

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Stories all the time

by Bill Wren on October 28, 2010

Most people I know wake in the morning, get up, get a coffee and then turn to their morning paper for news or their computer for email and news. Put another way, their days begin with stories. When they go to bed, many of them read first, or watch some television beforehand, or talk to [...]

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This world will amaze you

by Bill Wren on June 22, 2010

I just came back from walking the dog in the park. While there, we met a guy. We stopped and chatted. He told me his story. I now feel exuberant. His story contained joy and tragedy; points of recognition; coincidence; verve and laughter. It amazed me. It goes like this: If you’ve read my posts [...]

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You must publish again tomorrow (or perish)

by Bill Wren on May 21, 2010

As our faith in traditional ideologies diminishes, we turn to the source we still believe in: the art of story. – Robert McKee – If I say you must publish again tomorrow, two questions should pop into your head: Why? What? The first is answered by that business spoken of already: What happens next, and [...]

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What happens next?

by Bill Wren on May 11, 2010

There are few things as frightening for the creator of something than, “What happens next?” This is because the next thing had better be good – at least as good as what preceded it. That’s what the audience expects. That’s why they ask, “What happens next?” A great recent example of this in action is [...]

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