Reports comprise indiscriminate detail without any purposeful meaning.
Whereas stories are select details that intentionally influence how you respond.
Here’s a report:
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Exercises in getting to the point (or avoiding it) by saying what I have to say in twenty-two words, not counting titles.7 Comments »
Chris Brauns wrote @ May 8, 2008 at 7:57 am
Important hermeneutical implications here (e.g. 1 Samuel 17:57b). In narrative, details are for a reason. Good post.
Travis Seitler wrote @ May 8, 2008 at 11:46 am
The comics printed in the newspapers these days are, by and large, blah. Better to spend your time on comics that are actually funny and/or thought-provoking. To wit: Dinosaur Comics (qwantz.com) and xkcd (xkcd.com).
ED wrote @ May 8, 2008 at 11:59 am
Heh heh. Ever seen Dave Walker’s Wiblog?
http://www.wibsite.com/wiblog/dull/
Tyler K. wrote @ May 8, 2008 at 2:23 pm
I agree with Chris.
That’s a huge concept to remember, especially when you try to understand why Moses included, repeated, or excluded the laws of Sinai that he did in the Pentateuch, etc.
Nancy Scott wrote @ May 8, 2008 at 6:58 pm
When I was growing up…with two sisters…I learned with great glee, how to phrase a REPORT and garrner an intentional response.
karen wrote @ May 9, 2008 at 9:47 am
thinking about this …. who is the ‘you’ in ..”how ‘you’ respond”…? does it refer to the one presumably listening to the story? or, to the storyteller?
Abraham Piper wrote @ May 9, 2008 at 9:50 am
Yes, the listener.
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