tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12543231.post5553104528800449469..comments2023-06-15T09:41:19.355-05:00Comments on NT/History Blog: Annual Writing GainsBill Heromanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05283809456471966882noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12543231.post-62042270238630852012008-06-18T14:29:00.000-05:002008-06-18T14:29:00.000-05:00Jeanette,Fascinating thoughts. I'll have to keep ...Jeanette,<BR/><BR/>Fascinating thoughts. I'll have to keep considering them.<BR/><BR/>I don't think "sophisticated" automatically means "better", but for purposes of effective communication, I do think that mostly-linear progressions of thought do a more efficient job of conveying points and relating information. Besides, Paul's letter's aren't really storytelling, for the most part.<BR/><BR/>But I really will be thinking about your words more in time. I wonder how else we might apply those thoughts to the NT world...<BR/><BR/>Fascinating. Thanks.Bill Heromanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283809456471966882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12543231.post-39000925644884768822008-06-18T09:14:00.000-05:002008-06-18T09:14:00.000-05:00Oral storytelling transmits information from one p...Oral storytelling transmits information from one person to another, one generation to another. However "primitive cultures" told their stories, the stories survived and accomplished their task.<BR/><BR/>I think non-linear stories require a greater degree of concentration for both the teller and listener.<BR/><BR/>There are many ways to tell a story, these ways are different, one isn't superior to the other.<BR/><BR/>My experience is that too often we are willing to impose our standards on another culture, deciding that our way is superior.<BR/><BR/>"poverty AND primitive oral culture BOTH make "choppy" storytelling."<BR/><BR/>I wonder what they have to say about linear storytelling? Would they find it boring and unimagitive?<BR/><BR/>Just food for thought.<BR/><BR/>Jeanette Vaughn Waddell<BR/>Professional StorytellerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com