Writing Your Own Story

This creative exploration in storytelling and imagining a better future begins within each person – drawing upon each person’s reservoir of personal experience and imagination.

First, imagine your grandchildren and the world your grandchildren will live in. Imagine yourself telling the story (you are about to write) to your grandchildren. Begin your story in your present reality by describing the troubling situation or conflict you are involved in that you want to impact in a positive way.

Begin with the words: “Everything in this story is true except the parts that have not happened yet…”