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Storytelling sketches

Explore sketches, drawings, and illustrations that simplify ideas related to Storytelling.

The Three Bricklayers story, or 3 Bricklayers Parable, is about the meaning, vision, leadership, and motivation of work. Originally about Sir Christopher Wren, the image shows three scenes: a brick layer laying bricks (Task), one building a wall (Goal), and one creating a cathedral on scaffolding (Vision) with a cathedral in the background.The Three Bricklayers StoryWhat is the story spine and example: showing a common pattern of storytelling with a small exampleThe story spineThe Rashomon Effect illustration: a smashed bottle and its contents lie strewn on the ground. Each individual present recounts how this happened and their stories are not the same. The Rashomon effect
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