10:03:50 From  Liming Hu(him/his)  to  Everyone:
	Matt: I will be OOO next week.
10:04:37 From  Amy Wales  to  Everyone:
	fyi, Parvati and Courosh are sick today.
10:04:58 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	Liming - not a problem, we'll have plenty more you can jump in later.
10:06:22 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	Week 2 Working Circles are now available - sign up here:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17ry5-PdWi2UjPUk_VAHZv9MtkMCc7Fuu0laltWsKcOU/edit#gid=0
10:08:59 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	I'll be emailing out instructions for Working Circles by early next week.  If you'd like a head start, you can learn more about Working Circles and what's expected from  you on the Resource Page:  http://abtframework.com/abt-framework-student-resource-page-round-36-gh-labs/#Working_Circles
10:10:19 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	This is very important.
10:10:48 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	For your Working Circle, it's entirely possible you'll spend the entire 30 minutes just trying to nail down what the problem is.  That happens in Working Circles ALL  the time.
10:11:31 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	If it takes you 30 minutes and the only thing you accomplish is nailing down the problem, we consider that a great Working Circle.
10:19:41 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	What makes a hero? - Matthew Winkler - https://youtu.be/Hhk4N9A0oCA
10:21:34 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	The Writer's Journey - 25th Anniversary Edition: Mythic Structure for Writers by Christopher Vogler - if you want to do a deep dive into the Hero's Journey and story structure, this is the book for you:  https://www.amazon.com/Writers-Journey-Anniversary-Mythic-Structure/dp/1615933158/
10:23:39 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	The Hero's Journey concepts are starting to get more heavily incorporated into social work, psychotherapy, and life coaching.
10:23:53 From  devo brown  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "The Hero's Journey c…" with 👍
10:25:56 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	S+R = I.  Simplicity + Repetition = Intuition
10:31:03 From  Mike Strauss  to  Everyone:
	Think of it in terms of what people remember. If you want something to resonate and try different modes, the one that is clear, concise ABT narrative will be the one selected for...retained.
10:33:44 From  Julian Atim  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "Think of it in terms..." with 👍
10:33:47 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	We consider a NI of over 10 to be adequate.  Over 20 is amazing.
10:34:27 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	AF of 2.5% is the ideal.  Over 4% needs a lot of editing.
10:35:48 From  Julian Atim  to  Everyone:
	I wonder what Obama's would look like?
10:36:11 From  CharlesDelahunt  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "I wonder what Obama'..." with 👍
10:37:11 From  Amy Wales  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "I wonder what Obama'..." with 👍
10:38:00 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	It's true.  I've had to run the A.F. for government reports.  They tend to be over 5%
10:39:31 From  CharlesDelahunt  to  Everyone:
	what about synonyms like "however"?
10:39:42 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	The word frequency tool is a fast way to get your AND and BUT counts:  https://www.browserling.com/tools/word-frequency
10:40:05 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	Here's the score rating slide:  http://storycirclestraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/and-frequency-and-narrative-index-scores.png
10:41:39 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	Charles - for journalists, we've found they hardly ever use terms like However and Yet. But for scientists, we started using a Modified Narrative Index that includes Buts, Howevers, and Yets.  Scientists seem to really like Howevers and Yets.
10:42:04 From  Julie Claussen  to  Everyone:
	Metrics may be modulate for an audience but too much nd…and…and… always gets boring!
10:46:06 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	Charles, your Modified Narrative Index was 14 - you get the gold star for today!
10:47:49 From  Mike Strauss  to  Everyone:
	Problem: researchers ignore needs
10:49:18 From  Mike Strauss  to  Everyone:
	Alternate problem: Solutions fail
10:49:20 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	You can think of the Want as the Ultimate Goal that you're trying to accomplish.  The Need is the Proximate Goal, that is, the specific action that you're taking that will move you closer to the Ultimate Goal.
10:50:17 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	A good ABT should contain both the Ultimate Goal (Want) and the Proximate Goal (Need).  We need to know the big picture that you're trying to accomplish and the specific action you're taking to get there.
10:52:51 From  Mike Strauss  to  Everyone:
	Think of this as painting CNP as a "heaven"...the ideal we yearn for
10:54:56 From  Mike Strauss  to  Everyone:
	One trick...read it to yourself SLOWLY...when you read through it fast you miss the flow...
10:55:10 From  Mike Strauss  to  Everyone:
	It starts with a problem
10:55:44 From  SteveKern  to  Everyone:
	Ever changing landscape to start?
10:56:06 From  Mike Strauss  to  Everyone:
	Heaven is not a place of constant change...it is a place of settled peace...
10:56:19 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	We want the audience to focus in on the singular problem.  To do that, it helps to have 0 problems in the blue section.
10:57:20 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	If you introduce a different problem too soon in the AND, your audience might spiral off in the wrong direction and take something completely different away from your narrative.
10:57:48 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	Keeping it to 1 problems is a focusing tool.
10:57:52 From  Mike Strauss  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "Keeping it to 1 prob..." with 👍
10:57:58 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	*1 problem
10:58:11 From  Mike Strauss  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "If you introduce a d..." with 👍
11:00:34 From  Matthew David  to  Everyone:
	That sounds like a great job for chatgpt.
11:00:46 From  devo brown  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "That sounds like a g…" with 👍
11:01:33 From  Mike Strauss  to  Everyone:
	Sometimes I find that shrinking my writing helps me to decide if something is really needed for the singular narrative...but there is a limit as Randy is saying.
11:02:25 From  Damian  to  Everyone:
	I may of may not be able to make it next Wednesday.