you had to be there

Working on DIS-SCENT, the first of my NYC STORIES … I was reminded of the difference between “devising” a story using the Sensory-Somatic Approach and just “writing” it using a more conventional mind-oriented method. I believe that unless you write the story based on your “Sensory-Somatic Memories” of the events - rather than your brain recollections of them - you risk having to say “You Had To Be There”.

While the story itself - real or fabricated - might be very interesting, it’s still the writer’s own experience … one that might or might not be shared with others. Recreating the “energy of the moment” based on our sensory-somatic-memories helps creating “points of connection” with the audience and giving them the illusion that “they were there”.