Storytelling Strategist Pillows

"Brilliant report, I can't tell where the facts and the fiction begins"

A Hole in the Dike

"I need to assert my power over the pack....I'll take away stuff they really need so they have to come to me for help...."

"I knew it was time to get dark and edgy way before 'Batman' and 'Twin Peaks.'"

"Skip the funny voices tonight—O.K., Dad?"

“The jury has requested you pitch your case in the style of a six-part TV mini-series.”

"Another win for your boring stories."

"I marked the sections where your total contempt for humanity loses its pathos."

'Hurry, activate your Huffing and Puffing Shields!'

'This is just phase one of a whole raft of measures we're rolling out to rebrand Hamelin.'

Woman in booksotre looking at books labeled 'Highly Graphic Novels.' Covers of books show various charts, graphs, spreadsheets.

"We can clean up with a good merchandising deal."

"I remember when the death of the hero meant the end of the sequels. Now it marks the beginning of the prequels."

I have an idea - Let's sit around the campfire and watch scary movies on our iPads!

'Charlotte's Website' ('The children's book classic rewritten for the electronic era!')

The ghosts of Christmas yet to come.

'I'm glad you're reading my night night story. Dad being a tax attorney only reads chapter 11.'

Internet Cafe.

You read me a story about a workaholic little engine, and you expect it to make me sleepy?

"I called for you creative people because I feel it's time to begin my autobiography."

"Gosh, this reminds me of one of my favorite John Lennon lyrics: "Life is what happens to you while you're making other quarterly sales plans."

"And after the prime rate declined by half a point, the Dow rose by thirty-two, guess what happened to Goose and Fox?"

"At last they paid off their sub-prime fairy-tale and lived happily ever after."

If John Lennon had gone into strategic management.

"Oh, you don't need to fight them—you just need to convince the pitchfork people that the torch people want to take away their pitchforks."

"Our market research predicts this product mascot will be irresistible to both men and women..."

'After the big race the tortoise and the hare are ordered to provide urine samples."

'Why do I always have to be the one to connect the dots for you people?'

Videographer. Zoom in. Zoom out.

"He'd torch the castle and I'd rescue the damsel."

"No offense Dad, but is this available on DVD?"

"I know I'm huffing and puffing, but I don't have a temperature. You're safe. Now, let me in."

"My name is Phil, and I, too, am..."

I wrote a poem about our failure to capture and secure the highway. It's called "The Road Not taken."

Outer Cuteness vs. Inner Cuteness