“There are a lot of shows that have secrets and string people along and use the secrets of the narrative engine to keep people coming back every week. I don't know if those programs even have an answer. I don't know how they build their shows.” PeopleIfsKnowsUseShowsAnswersSecretKnow HowWeekProgramNarrativeStringsEnginesComing Back Author:J.H. Wyman
“I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, "What happened next?” FirstsBelieveChildrenNextAnswersHappenedFunctionNarrativeHistorianMatured Author:A. J. P. Taylor
“People knew there were two ways of coming at truth. One was science, or what the Greeks called Logos, reason, logic. And that was essential that the discourse of science or logic related directed to the external world. The other was mythos, what the Greeks called myth, which didn't mean a fantasy story, but it was a narrative associated with ritual and ethical practice but it helped us to address problems for which there were no easy answers, like mortality, cruelty, the sorrow that overtakes us all that's part of the human condition. And these two were not in opposition, we needed both.” PeopleWorldWayHumansMeanTwoReasonStoriesProblemEasyAnswersPracticeFantasyConditionsNeededSorrowEssentialsLogicMythCrueltyNarrativeGreekRelatedAddressesOppositionMortalityEthicalRitualHuman ConditionDiscourseTwo WaysLogosEasy AnswersFantasy Stories Author:Karen Armstrong
“You can't outsmart or outguess the audience in terms of what the narrative answer is.” TermAnswersAudienceNarrative Author:Frank Spotnitz