Most people who tell business stories don’t think about the setting of their stories.
Don’t those locations bring a special vibe to your story? The story’s location tells a lot about your characters and about you.
If Mary lives in apartment 3701, she’ll seem different from someone living in apartment 301.
She’ll seem even more different from someone living on a farm.
If she lives in the middle of a city, her whole life will be vastly different from someone living in the suburbs, let alone in the country.
If you’re working from a kitchen table you’re very different from someone working from the patio of a large estate.
In Episode 147 of the Strategic Storytelling podcast, we touch on the power of a story’s location.
Does your story’s location fit your story archetype? What if you want to change the story’s location? And why should you? What are some mistakes people make when assigning a location to their story?
And where did you locate your own story? Where did your last story take place? Would you like to make a change?