Campfire Writing: Why Stories are the Writer’s Elemental Tool

The Magic and Power of Story

As a writer, it is not words, but stories, that are your elemental tool. Stories are an enchanting magic that grip the reader to the page.

Here is the power of storytelling: People make sense of the world through stories.

Stories are fundamental to being human. Without stories, life would appear as a meaningless jumble of facts and ideas. Stories make facts, and great ideas, meaningful. They connect with the everyday life and experience of their listeners or readers.

“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.”
~ Muriel Rukeyser