The Stories Behind the Stories: James

“The stories you haven’t told yet are often the most important ones.”

The Stories Behind the Stories: James "The stories you haven't told yet are often the most important ones."

I always start with an idea. 

But the character takes over. 

Writing James taught me about James. 

And it taught me about the work of creating learning that truly reaches people.

James spent eight months interviewing with fifteen years of experience — and silence after every interview. In this episode, I go deeper into the failure, success and passion stories behind the character — and into the real pattern I was observing when I wrote him. The story that reveals who you are professionally is always there. James shows what happens when it finally gets told.

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Published by Carmel O' Reilly

I'm Carmel O’ Reilly. I'm a writer and learning practitioner. My individual courses serve those who prefer reflective, self-paced development, while my retreat programmes enable facilitators to create meaningful shared learning experiences. As founder of School of WorkLife, my guiding principle is to help people pursue their WorkLives with greater clarity, passion, purpose and pride by creating continuous WorkLife learning programmes that are accessible to everyone.

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