{"id":2234,"date":"2023-12-22T13:00:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2023\/12\/22\/because-the-universe-is-made-of-stories\/"},"modified":"2024-10-16T16:59:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T16:59:04","slug":"because-the-universe-is-made-of-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/2023\/12\/22\/because-the-universe-is-made-of-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Because the universe is made of stories &#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p><em>EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: As this Christmas weekend settles upon us, I reprise this little essay from two years ago as a Storyboard gift to all the storytellers and story readers\/listeners\/watchers out there. It was first posted Jan. 7, 2022, which seems like a very long time ago \u2014 and yesterday.<\/em>If this seems dated (it\u2019s inspired by a Christmas movie, after all), consider this: The best of stories are, or should be, universal and timeless. And thus a breath-catching moment early in the recent season\u2019s Netflix movie,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt10187208\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cA Boy Called Christmas.\u201d&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;I\u2019ve tucked it in my teaching files, right next to the master storytellers of the ages, and plan to carry it into the new year, which doesn\u2019t feel as new as we might have hoped.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>The quick backstory: Three kids are dreading Christmas eve. Their mother has died. Their father has to go to work. He calls the awful Aunt Ruth to babysit, which makes the children vow they will all go to bed early rather than spend time with her.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>Aunt Ruth is played brilliantly by Dame Maggie Smith, who shrugs at the childrens\u2019 disdain and settles them in for a story. And that launches the movie, which is a story about a story within a story.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>Aunt Ruth soon has the children hanging on her every word. She knows exactly how to pace her tale and when to pause at high tension points \u2014 suggesting they can continue the story on her next visit \u2014 in ways that leave them begging for more. No other spoilers here. Maybe the movie could have been tightened a bit in the middle. But I was as enchanted as the children, and hooked to the end.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>Full disclosure: I like Christmas and all the schmalz that goes with it. In a life and career defined by reality, I welcome a bit of fantasy that asks me to believe in something more. But what held me through the movie \u2014 even when I pretty much figured out it would end \u2014 was watching the story craft play out: Compelling characters, intense action, relatable emotion, moments of surprise and yes, tension and pacing. It\u2019s all launched with that short line that comes very early in the movie:<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>The youngest of the children chides Aunt Ruth for being old (Children. So honest!), then demands to know why they have to listen to her tale. Here\u2019s the dialog:<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-image mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"515\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-06-at-5.27.34-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-06-at-5.27.34-PM.png 515w, https:\/\/niemanstoryboard.org\/app\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-06-at-5.27.34-PM-300x107.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-quote mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>\u201cBecause the universe is made of stories, not atoms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>What a powerful little play on words: \u201cUniverse\u201d becomes a clever stand-in for the idea of stories that deliver a universal truth.<\/p>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-classic mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"  core-block\">\n        <div class=\"block block--core block--core-paragraph mb-5   max-w-screen-full mx-auto\">\n            \n<p>Atoms may be the miraculous collection of the smallest things we are made of \u2014 the units of matter. 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