To weave together all the themes related to biodiversity into one narrative, I needed to look at possible story structures and interesting characters who can play a role in illustrating this information.
The first option was to have personas of various human key-players who can take us through the scenarios : a farmer, a doctor, a house-holder, a scientist. But this is the most predictable path to take, as my advisors say. The story can take a million other shapes and could be through the perspective of something inanimate or non-human. This was the next area to explore.
The story structures that I explored were:
See, Think, Wonder : This one's actually a Design Tool for visible thinking. But it can be a great way to create a reflective narrative in first person through a protagonist who witnesses a change.
The Monomyth : Or the Hero's Journey by Joseph Campbell is one of the most common and legendary narrative structures. that follows the protagonist as he embarks upon a journey, through his obstacles to see him emerge victorious and return to his world, having eveolved spiritually.
The Short Story : The structure of a short story is debatable, ranging from this to this or even this one here.
The common thread in these, as one can see is the presence of peaks and falls, a heightening of drama and mystery which is then solved to take the reader through an exciting turn of events in the short span of the story, something common even in the world's greatest and most effective speeches, as observed by Nancy Duarte in this video.
Here's what came out of this thought process :
The first option was to have personas of various human key-players who can take us through the scenarios : a farmer, a doctor, a house-holder, a scientist. But this is the most predictable path to take, as my advisors say. The story can take a million other shapes and could be through the perspective of something inanimate or non-human. This was the next area to explore.
The story structures that I explored were:
See, Think, Wonder : This one's actually a Design Tool for visible thinking. But it can be a great way to create a reflective narrative in first person through a protagonist who witnesses a change.
The Monomyth : Or the Hero's Journey by Joseph Campbell is one of the most common and legendary narrative structures. that follows the protagonist as he embarks upon a journey, through his obstacles to see him emerge victorious and return to his world, having eveolved spiritually.
The Short Story : The structure of a short story is debatable, ranging from this to this or even this one here.
The common thread in these, as one can see is the presence of peaks and falls, a heightening of drama and mystery which is then solved to take the reader through an exciting turn of events in the short span of the story, something common even in the world's greatest and most effective speeches, as observed by Nancy Duarte in this video.
Here's what came out of this thought process :
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