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An appreciative approach to inquiry
An appreciative approach to inquiry

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2 Thinking with stories

When you return to your free writing you may feel that you haven’t told a story as you might think of it. It may not have a beginning, middle and end. It may be full of questions that you have asked, or expressions of emotions or identification of problems (we will come onto reframing stories away from problems towards appreciating the positive or generative possibilities later in this session). But, whatever you have written is likely to have some story elements that you can think with, and you can return to these later to add more detail. In particular, it is likely you have some sort of narrative arc, you will likely have characters and you may have begun to highlight small details within the story that may provide interesting starting points for inquiry.

The next activities will help you think with your story in these ways.