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Why Do Humans Need to Keep Writing?

On November 7, 2025 By Steve SampsonIn Musings2 Comments

All humans have lived experiences that we relate to one another with words: We live truths worth telling. Consider the example of a 12-year-old boy, singing at a nursing home in December 1983.

7 Basic Plots and How to Use Them

On March 16, 2024March 17, 2024 By Steve SampsonIn Words, Words, WordsLeave a comment

Stories are ubiquitous in human life, from the time we begin to make sense of the world to our final sentences. So learning how to tell them--and why--is essential.

From Luke Skywalker to Barney Busrider to … ?

On February 9, 2019February 9, 2019 By Steve SampsonIn Formative Memories2 Comments

Reflections on the characters I’ve been, and the one I’m still becoming.

Someday You’ll See Things Differently

On January 14, 2018January 5, 2026 By Steve SampsonIn MusingsLeave a comment

No matter how well you know a thing now, it will likely look different to you someday, after your next existential transition.

The Story of the Star Wars Storybook

On August 27, 2017September 16, 2017 By Steve SampsonIn Formative MemoriesLeave a comment

A long time ago, in a make-believe galaxy not far away, I pretended to be Luke Skywalker. Here's how that turned out.

Life Is a True Story

On June 11, 2017September 16, 2017 By Steve SampsonIn Fatherly Advice4 Comments

Your life is a story you get to write. You have to be true to the hard realities, but there's room for artistic license.

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