For most of us, Friday comes after Thursday, college comes sometime after preschool, and death follows taxes. For those living in a story world, however, life is not necessarily so simple. Dinner might be interrupted by a memory of childhood before you re
Read MoreBefore people got all smartypants and started talking about atoms and neurons and Newtonian physics, the great storytellers understood how the world worked–because gods, yo. And though mythology is still used as source material, there’s something unique
Read MoreWhether it’s through a portal, across the sea, among the stars, or deep into the earth, we all dream of going on an adventure. That’s why so many stories are concerned with adventures, and why Timothy and Nick tackle the genre–along with guest Greg Meyer
Read MoreSound. It’s all around us–and it plays an important, if often overlooked, role in many of our stories. So Timothy and Nick decide to give sound its due. Then, because it’s our 90th episode, we share a aurally-enhanced Bit of Story and step into a especia
Read MoreTHE INTERNET – Podcasters Timothy Deal and Nicholas Hayden interviewed freelance newswriter Laura Finch for Episode 91 of the Derailed Trains of Thought podcast. Finch, who writes for World Magazine, explained how newswriting is like storytelling, how aud
Read MoreWhile the entertainment world gives tons of coverage to movies, video games, and books, what about the stage? (And not just musicals?) Well, in today’s Story School the play’s the thing we discuss with special guest Lauren Nichols, Artistic Director for a
Read MoreSome stories are safe; some are nightmare fuel. Some stories reflect the world we live in; others subject us to worlds of pure imagination. Some stories present us with pleasant characters; other star David Bowie in tight pants. What is the appeal of thes
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