A creative writing manual for high school to adult aged writers and storytellers, this volume includes the authors' philosophy regarding story creation and pointers especially related to the variety of choices regarding point of view available to writers and other story-creators or refiners.

Both Ms. Donoval and Mr. Niemi have taught storytelling at the university level and in public workshops for thirty years, mostly in the Minneapolis area. Mr. Niemi is the  current chair of the National Storytelling Network (USA) and Ms. Donoval currently chairs the graduate program in storytelling at East Tennessee State University. Ms. Donoval resides in Northeast Tennessee and Mr. Niemi resides in Minneapolis, MN.

Introduction
            Who Will Find This Book Helpful?
            A Note About the Examples Used in This Text
Section One: In the Land of ...
Chapter 1: The Importance of Inviting the Audience Into the World
Chapter 2: The Three Emotional Arcs of a Story
            The Arc of a Character in the Story
            The Arc of the Narrator in the Story
            Unreliable Narrators
            The Arc of the Audience With the Story
            Judgment and Truth
Chapter 3: How Much Is Needed to Make the World?
            The Universal and the Particular
Section Two: The Power of Point of View
Chapter 4: Three Voices in the Now and Then
            First Person
            Second Person
            Third Person
            When to Use First- or Third-Person Point of View
Section Three: The Function of Narratives in Context
Chapter 5: Detailing Character
            A Caution About Cultural Appropriation
            Occupying the World
            When Do We Show What?
            The World Turned Upside down
            Character in Action
Chapter 6: Forms of Story Endings
Chapter 7: The Story and Nothing But the Story