Strategic Storytellers Gifts

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

A Hole in the Dike

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

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

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

"You know who's tougher than all your little superheroes? The fossil fuel industry."

"I don't see a destination called 'Veganville' sir."

This is the new Director's Cut version of Hansel and Gretel...with additional scenes and three alternative endings!!!

Noah's life jacket demonstration

'Wait a minute! What if this isn't just a puddle?! What if it's a huge, furious hibernating snowman?'

"I see you're an ex televangelist who would like to stay in sales."

"While we're on the subject of earnings, does anyone have a clever metaphor using the word, 'toilet'?"

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

"So, you want to work at our firm, Eh?"

'We have to forfeit, Three of our players got squashed on the way over here,'

'This merger will cut jobs 40%, reduce salaries 30% and increase the work hours 25%. Your job is to make this look like the best thing that ever happened to our employees.'

'For God's sake give me some angst, how will I ever write a misery memoir?'

"He'll never win this negotiation. He's saddled with numbers...but we have anecdotes."

'It was a dark and stormy night. Also, there was a Catch-22.'

'How about having at least one character who's alive and wearing clothes?'

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

Man writing at laptop says: 'It's a UK road movie ??" to give it more scale, I'm making the characters three inches tall.'

Of course, we have to begin with certain assumptions. Let's assume I'm right and you're wrong.

'They said 'write what you know.' So I didn't write anything.'

"It's a coming-of-middle-age story."

Mother changing the words to 'this little piggy' to be more healthy

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

"Start with a Spanish doubloon. Those are always good."

"A homeless person ate my homework."

Wall of Office Memories

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

"Hang on! - we've possibly go another couple of films left in here!!"

"Now the board will hear from Todd from Accounting with his free verse composition 'My Mistress, Brash and Beguiling – the Third Quarter Numbers.'"

"Whoops - I Accidentally Pressed 'Elevator Pitch.'"

'My office is always open to you Charles, at least until maintenance repairs the door lock.'