One of my favourite things about writing for young people is the breadth of stories I'm allowed to tell.
On the other hand, affirming the human desire for self-expression and the breadth of stories that Dubaians have to tell about themselves and their culture would show the world that the UAE has sincerely embraced a progressive outlook.
"I think we need to branch out and find a wider breadth of stories to tell," said Gary Ross, the director of "Pleasantville" and "Seabiscuit," who is producing the animated film "The Tale of Despereaux," based on a best-selling book that features a rat, a servant girl and a mouse who cross paths.
Whereas in Voice of Witness I focused on content, acknowledging the book format and wide breadth of stories being captured, in my own work, my smaller narrator pool and decision to display audio along with transcripts compelled me to do less to standardize and edit transcripts, even leaving occasional ums or likes.
It is not that the war is glamorised at the Imperial War Museum, rather that the need to capture and convey the variety and breadth of stories of a conflict in which so many died is in the end at odds with the grim reality of the front line.
VR programming is split across two showcases: Storyscapes presents VR alongside physical installations and Virtual Arcade features 13 films exemplifying the breadth of stories being told in VR.
"We've heard stories about how their color, skin color have affected them both from the black communities as well as the nonblack communities… There's such a broad, breadth of stories and it just becomes even better the more that people participate and the more that people engage".
We can ask several questions that help to identify the depth and breadth of our stories: Does my story tend to close my heart and/or my mind?
Though there are no plans for Sunset Television to make the leap to actual television, the members are increasingly drawn toward the emotional breadth of continuing story lines.
