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Scotland’s Future Story of Hope: How we Defeat the Forces of Pessimism

How do we go about creating Scotland’s new story? Robert McKee in the landmark ‘Story’ (3) identifies three important elements to a story: character, risk, and what kind of risk people are prepared to undertake? A new story which combined these three elements would be centred on the potential of self-government as a nation and its relationship to self-determination as a society. It would challenge the conservative mindset in large parts of Scotland, question the gatekeepers and empire builders in institutional life, and embrace hope and optimism. It would have anger and generosity, allow for mistakes and nuance, embrace learning and dialogue, and reject black and white thinking for shades of gray.