Chapter 8 in Digital Storytelling by Joe Lambert which is entitled, "Approaches to the Scripting Process" feels like an excellent short introduction to drafting a digital story. I especially like what Lambert says about writing prompts and that he lists some examples. Prompts are a good way to just get straight into writing which he explains is much better than sitting at a blank page for hours.

Lambert says that, "Good writing has a destination and seeks the shortest path to the destination, but no shorter." At first I wasn't a fan of this as I feel like the journey of a story, not just the end is important, and a story and can still have done something well even if it's conclusion is unsatisfactory, but upon further reflection I realized that everything accomplished on the journey is part of the destination, every world or image of a story is part of the destination in itself no matter its placement in the story  chronologically (if the story is told is told properly) and the overall destination is supposed to be the harmony of all these accomplishments.

My story

My story is about how I came to love literature through first reading Shakespeare which helped me feel understood and opened the door to me finding more understanding of myself and new ways of understanding different people’s stories and world-views through literature. This profoundly changed how I see the world and has also helped me to deal with mental illness. I think this story can be relevant to others because it might help them see how stories can help them connect with a larger world, stories are how we connect and share ourselves and others share themselves with us in ways that transcend physical interactions. Overall my goal with telling this story is to help people understand that stories are more than entertainment but will shape who they are and how they understand the world.