When we remember our favorite stories, we often think first of the climactic battles, traumatic events in the backstory, and world-rocking inciting incidents. But often,… Read More »The Power of Small Moments: The Little Things that Make a Life
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a story of discovery because it is a story of desire. Longing is the wind that fills the… Read More »Longing & Curiosity
“This is a very great adventure, and no danger seems to me so great as that of knowing when I get back to Narnia that… Read More »Reepicheep: On Embracing Adventure
When the dragon Eustace came to the well, he thought the water would soothe his pain. The Lion had something much bigger in mind. For… Read More »The Awakening of Eustace: Part IV
Eustace Clarence Scrubb did not know how to be a dragon. His sharp tongue and pretentious vocabulary were useless in a dragon’s mouth, and his… Read More »The Awakening of Eustace Part III
Eustace Clarence Scrubb did not like adventures. Adventures meant drowning in something you had no capacity to control. It meant reality shifting under your feet… Read More »The Awakening of Eustace: Part II
“I’m trying to think of a limerick,” said Eustace. “Something like this: “Some kids who played games about NarniaGradually got balmier and balmier.” “Well Narnia… Read More »The Awakening of Eustace: Part I
What questions drive your storytelling? As a reader, I’m drawn to stories that make me question the status quo, push me to look at the… Read More »Stories that Lean Into the Hard Questions
People read to experience something beyond themselves. As a storyteller, you have a unique perspective forged by your unique life story. But in the end,… Read More »Cultivating Curiosity as a Writer