there are sto­ries without nar­ra­tives in eve­ry news­pa­per in the        coun­try        a hur­ri­cane swung inland and hit the coast of flo­ri­da        once        there was a pea­ce­ful town cal­led tal­la­has­see and now its in ruins        […]        and as i see it a sto­ry is all about plot        a        sto­ry is the repre­sen­ta­tion of a series of events and parts of events        that result in a signi­fi­cant trans­for­ma­tion        its a logi­cal form        but a        nar­ra­tive is a repre­sen­ta­tion of the confron­ta­tion of some­bo­dy who        wants some­thing with the threat and or pro­mise of a trans­for­ma­tion        that he or she struggles to bring about or prevent or both        these are        two dif­ferent cog­ni­tive moda­li­ties addres­sed to the pro­blems posed to        us by time        because time is mea­su­red by change        des­ta­bi­lizes all things        espe­cial­ly human things        tem­po­ra­ry stea­dy state sys­tems who like to        and change        because we are all        have to        think of        our­selves as stable in order to ima­gine our­selves as selves at all