Showing posts with label What Color is Your Parachute?. Show all posts
Showing posts with label What Color is Your Parachute?. Show all posts

Monday, June 4, 2012

Recycling a bicycle



A recycled bicycle
I had two bicycles, an old and a new one.
The old one was still a good bicycle.
I needed a holiday.
Packed the old bicycle into a box.
Flew to Laos.
Cycled around, met people.
Left the bicycle behind with a family.
They could use it or sell it for children’s schooling.
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Voice-over
One of the classical narrative patterns:  Solving a Problem:
(1) problem presented, (2) problem solved, (3) outcome
...  that is ...  (1) House-cleaning, (2) Holiday, (3) Helping.
Richard Bolles uses this approach in What Color is Your Parachute?
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