“We interpret what we see, select the most workable of the multiple choices. We live entirely…by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images, by the ‘ideas’with which we have learned to freeze the shifting phantasmagoria which is our actual experience” (Didion pg. 12, 1978).
Didion is saying that our narratives are derived from snap shots of our experiences, specific instances and interactions inform our writing. As writers we pick from what we see in the world and interpret it into a story. Writing allows us to construct a reality based upon random experiences. The notion of capturing the world around us is a foundation of journalism. In the class we are going to be following events in our community, (the world around us) capturing and translating them into a story as best as possible.
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