Sublime

Though the characters are bound together by world and time scheme, each has their own story, each has their own inciting incident, turning points, crisis, climax and resolution. Each character will play out their own first act before the film moves on to the collective act two – and so on to the end of the work.

Where or from what in this problem story do you take your identity? • What is the story you have lived into so far? • Given this constellation, what conclusions did you draw or what decisions did it lead to? • What occurs in your life that confirms these conclusions?

You can gain a sense of their narrative identities by listening for the following five elements (see Botella & Herrero, 2000): Events they include (or exclude) in their stories. Main themes around which they organize their stories. Characters they regard as significant (or nonsignificant). Voices they privilege or silence when telling their

more than one text could coexist in a close relationship on the page.

“emergent storytelling,” a fictional tale written collectively by a nearly anonymous internet, then veering into reality

set-up, confrontation and resolution.

It’s a story about stories, and what or who is determined to be storyable.