But you may not know that the traditional way we think about
storytelling — to create a big, sweeping hero story — is not the most
effective way to use the
technique at work.
Scholars of the discipline expanded from dissecting the practice of teaching legal writing and began to focus on law as rhetoric.11 Progressively, the teaching of legal argument had led to curiosity about rhetorical devices and narrative
techniques.12 The importance of plain or accessible language became a key component of
effective communication.13 The intersection of legal writing and
storytelling emerged as an important area of the scholarly discourse.14 The discipline's character developed and created new and emerging sub-characters within the story.