The Story Rules Project explores how we can adapt the new science of story to repair our polarized culture. We are laser-focused on translating cutting-edge research into actionable rules for high-impact storytelling — and sharing our findings with you.
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What can we do about hate?
I spend much of my time thinking about how stories can inspire and motivate us, how they can show us new ways to be and to be together. I love to think about how the right story at the right time can model and unleash love and gratitude, co...
In which Dickens dumps his wife, tanks his brand, goes broke, bails himself out with a bestseller, and incidentally invents childhood
It's 1858. You are 46 years old. Outwardly, you look like you're leading the perfect life. You're a famous author. You're rich. You own your own magazine – which makes you your own editor and your own publisher. You’ve buried the little boy...
How To Walk Out of Writer's Block
Every evening, to close out the day, I head out for a walk. Down the driveway, up the rise, left along the dirt road to the paved one, right to the mailbox and the little free library where swallows nest behind the paperbacks, and right aga...
Making peace with overwhelm
I am in one of those seasons where I have far too much to do. All the things are important and all must be done. It does not feel possible to jettison this in favor of that, or to set the one thing aside in order to focus on the other. And...
How To Create in the Midst of Chaos
“A dog is going to bark. A cat is going to vomit.” —Roy Blount, Jr.
“I write one page of masterpiece to ninety-one pages of shit. I try to put the shit in the wastebasket.” —Ernest Hemingway
If you serve a cat – there is...
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Erin O’Connor, PhD, is a writer, film producer, and academic refugee. She wrote the film "Miss Virginia," and is co-founder of StoryIncubatorWritingLab.org, a nonprofit dedicated to healing our cultural divide through story.
Film producer & writer. Co-founder: Story Incubator Writing Lab.
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