Fiction Creates Reality

Storytelling above all else

May 09, 2025

“You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone’s soul, becomes their blood and self and purpose. The tale will move them and drive them and who knows what they might do because of it, because your words. That is your role, your gift.”
-Erin Morgenstern

Fiction dictates the future far more than politicians, visionaries, or Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand. We attribute the great advances of society to pioneers, but the story teller is at the heart of innovation.

The Wright Brothers conquered the skies, but the first tales of man achieving flight appeared nearly 5,000 years ago.

Robert Goddard is known as the father of modern rocketry. He dedicated his life to space travel after reading “War of the Worlds” as a teenager.

And it should come as no surprise that Star Treks communicators inspired Martin Cooper to create the mobile phone.

The pen is mightier than the sword, world leader, and the engineer. The most powerful person in the room is the one that can tell the most compelling story.