Introduction: What's Nature Worth?
Inciting Story: Narrative as the Mirror of Audience Values
Advice and Counsel: Respecting the Sources of Wisdom
Where the Power Lies: Seeking the Intuitive Language of Story
Beyond Here Lie Only Dragons: Thoughts on Wild Places and Vigorous Language
Story as Common Ground
Making Stories out of Everything: Valuing the Ordinary
The Building Blocks of Storied Expression: Advice from a Teacher of Writing
From Image to Event: Considering the Relations between Poetry and Prose as Conveyors of Environmental Values
Photo and Word: The Power of Suggestion in Visual and Verbal "Language"
Packing Information in the Form of Story: Viewing Narrative from the Perspective of Science
Telling It Slant: The Value of Narrative Indirection
Thriving on Ambiguity: Latency, Indirection, and Narrative
Concluding Conversation.