Stories have the power to transform their audience, which means it's important for us to tell them in a way that promotes a better and more equal world. So, I have used this particular section of The Story that Saved the Day to explain more about becoming an Ethical Storyteller. The emblematic book in question is One Thousand and One Nights.

I recently read about the opening of the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, and the story of how the game Donkey Kong and its character, Mario, saved Nintendo from bankruptcy. I found this fascinating and wanted to explore the idea further… not least because it contains some incredible lessons that we can all learn!

According to Aristotle, storytelling is a straightforward sequence of cause and effect. His three-act structure underlines this narrative aspect.

However, artists and directors have worked in many different ways to create non-linear stories that hook the reader or viewer.