Today I was looking for someone online, and came across this brilliant, chock-full-of-quotes piece from a collection of conference materials related to narrative journalism. (Note: from the looks of the sidebar, one has access to a treasure trove of writing advice from Pulitzer-prize winning journalists, professors, and experts.)What are stories? This writer says . . .Prayers, parables, history, music, conscience, memory, soul, the connective tissue of the human race. Stories are all of these and more.If you’re ever feeling discouraged about writing or guilty about the time you spend reading, whether or not you consider yourself a “storyteller,” read this …

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