Battle of the Story!

Creating stories that challenge dominant narratives and control mythologies?
The Battle of the Story helps us craft stories that effectively intervene in the opposition's narrative, uplifting out own underlying assumptions around justice and liberation.

Their Story

Break down the opposition’s story into it’s component five elements of story. Understand the story you are aiming to change.

How does the story make existing outcomes possible or inevitable?

What do we have to believe, in order to believe their story is true?

Our Story

Our Story must challenge the opposition story’s underlying assumptions – taking care to avoid accidentally reinforcing them. It must uplift our underlying assumptions and reflect our values and the future we envision.

What assumptions can we uplift and claim that close the window on policies and outcomes we are against and open the window to outcomes we desire?