Fiction's Gift

arts, education, self improvement · EN

"Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten" - Neil Gaiman The biggest wealth of untapped knowledge has been hidden from mankind in plain sight; in stories. There it hides due to our own shallowness and surface level thinking... So I made a worksheet! A story analysis worksheet that could be applied to books, movies, video games, you name it. Then I shared that worksheet with a diverse group of people. And I talk to them about their answers on this podcast. The worksheet is simple: What was intriguing to you? ... Why? Behind that question lies a wealth of "recovery" — as Tolkien would say — waiting for you to claim. The power to become who you're meant to be. There lies the strength to go home. That's Fictio