storyteller types: the scribe

weekly story work exercise

If you’re new here, Story Work is the name of my current book-in-progress. It describes a process of reflecting, reclaiming, and reimagining the stories of our lives. It involves looking at your life experiences as creative material that you have the power to shape.

The weekly story work topics cover universal life themes with references from literature, philosophy, science, and spirituality; offering perspectives that spark ideas for personal growth and creative expression.

Paid subscribers receive Story Work exercises every Sunday night at 8 pm et.

This week’s story work exercise is the fifth in the Storyteller Types series.

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Hello hello,

Before we get into this week’s story work exercise, I have some quick news.

Every month in the Inner Story Writing Circle, we have a storytelling session where members are invited to share pieces they wrote using the weekly story work exercises, or any other work-in-progress that they feel moved to share.

Many of the writers in the group are there to hold themselves accountable for writing consistently, to explore different entry points and containers for their writing, to practice sharing and discussing their work publicly, and to be in an environment where vulnerable expression is the norm. These monthly sessions support these intentions.

This December 14 from 10 am - 12 pm, our monthly session will be an open house and you are invited to join us. You can attend to listen and engage in discussion, or you are also welcome to share a short piece of writing (500 words or less) with the group. (In case you are wondering, we don’t offer literary critiques. For feedback, we share how the piece impacted us viscerally and emotionally.)

I created a writing guide for this session that includes the story work exercises from the first four storyteller types: self-healer, survivor, gamechanger, and teacher. I have temporarily removed the paywall from these posts. Whether you join us or not, I encourage you to make a copy of the guide and use it as a self-study resource to enrich your writing practice.

If you do plan to attend, please RSVP here. If you would like to attend and share, after you RSVP, please shoot me a Substack DM to let me know. Your piece should be 500 words or less.

Writing is a calling that has different purposes and outcomes for each of us. For the last few weeks, I’ve been sharing the eight storyteller types, a tool I created to help writers understand aspects of their creative motivation and how they inform what and how we write.

This week we are looking at the Scribe.