The Story Economy Blog

The summer after I graduated from college, I studied for six weeks in London. I have many vivid memories of the jet-lagged bus ride from Gatwick Airport to our dorms at Kings College, and one of them is seeing huge billboards of Tom Cruise’s face,…

Two Sundays ago, I fell while running. I was two-and-a-half-miles into a five-mile loop, and I skidded on the pavement so hard, I ripped through the wonder-fiber of my super-expensive ASICS tights and right into my flesh. My right knee and thigh took the…

One of my favorite grown-up things to do is talk to groups of students about writing as a career. I love it when I get to tell them: “Hey, you know all of those people who say that you can’t make a good living as a writer? Ignore them all. They are…

Football isn’t really my sport. Except there are two things I love to watch. First is when there’s a bunch of fancy action, and suddenly there’s a guy with a ball who is running right through people, creating holes to move where there are no…

Do you ever have thoughts in your head that are the exact opposite of what you strive to be about? (I’m loving that it’s a New Year, but I assume you’ve done all of your celebrating, so I’m just going to jump right in.) So, where were we? Ah,…