Randall
@createdbyrcw.bsky.social
Storyteller, photographer, science nerd, Marlies fan
Story analyst, coach & mentor @ So, What's Your Story?
Story analyst, coach & mentor @ So, What's Your Story?
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Randall
@createdbyrcw.bsky.social
· Sep 4
Tap Your Superpower
YouTube video by Randall Willis
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You have a superpower.
Simply put, you are you. Only you have lived your life.
And that you-niqueness means you can tell stories no one else can. So, tap into that superpower & tell your stories.
Please subscribe to, like & share this video, & comment a you-niqueness below.
youtu.be/1ax3QAjJB38
Simply put, you are you. Only you have lived your life.
And that you-niqueness means you can tell stories no one else can. So, tap into that superpower & tell your stories.
Please subscribe to, like & share this video, & comment a you-niqueness below.
youtu.be/1ax3QAjJB38
My #skills & #experience make #writing easy.
My self-imposed #standards make writing bloody impossible.
Welcome to the #curse of being a #writer.
#storytelling #selfexpression #creativity
My self-imposed #standards make writing bloody impossible.
Welcome to the #curse of being a #writer.
#storytelling #selfexpression #creativity
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My #skills & #experience make #writing easy.
My self-imposed #standards make writing bloody impossible.
Welcome to the #curse of being a #writer.
#storytelling #selfexpression #creativity
My self-imposed #standards make writing bloody impossible.
Welcome to the #curse of being a #writer.
#storytelling #selfexpression #creativity
Still trying to figure out if The West Wing is now Sci-Fi or Fantasy, but there was definitely a shift in genre
I watched an episode from season 1 of The West Wing tonight. I laughed hysterically trying to picture such thoughtful, intelligent conversations going on in the west wing of the current White House...
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Still trying to figure out if The West Wing is now Sci-Fi or Fantasy, but there was definitely a shift in genre
“Who am I?”
Although rarely the only question a #story explores, this is the central question of every story.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #publishing #theatre #filmmaking
Although rarely the only question a #story explores, this is the central question of every story.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #publishing #theatre #filmmaking
November 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“Who am I?”
Although rarely the only question a #story explores, this is the central question of every story.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #publishing #theatre #filmmaking
Although rarely the only question a #story explores, this is the central question of every story.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #publishing #theatre #filmmaking
Sometimes, I just get me
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Sometimes, I just get me
Ready to spend 2 hours every Saturday #playing #games & being #silly while becoming a better #storyteller?
Learn to speak & write spontaneously with no prep & no homework, just a willingness to laugh & share.
Learn more & register at: createdbyrcw.com
#storytelling #writing #improv #creativity
Learn to speak & write spontaneously with no prep & no homework, just a willingness to laugh & share.
Learn more & register at: createdbyrcw.com
#storytelling #writing #improv #creativity
November 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Ready to spend 2 hours every Saturday #playing #games & being #silly while becoming a better #storyteller?
Learn to speak & write spontaneously with no prep & no homework, just a willingness to laugh & share.
Learn more & register at: createdbyrcw.com
#storytelling #writing #improv #creativity
Learn to speak & write spontaneously with no prep & no homework, just a willingness to laugh & share.
Learn more & register at: createdbyrcw.com
#storytelling #writing #improv #creativity
#Serendipity, #luck or #fortune are the art of seeing & recognizing what you never thought to look for.
#openness #awareness #inspiration #discovery #surprise
#openness #awareness #inspiration #discovery #surprise
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#Serendipity, #luck or #fortune are the art of seeing & recognizing what you never thought to look for.
#openness #awareness #inspiration #discovery #surprise
#openness #awareness #inspiration #discovery #surprise
I refuse the conceit of High Art vs Low Art.
Rather, there is only your Art & my tastes.
Do what you do well, & I will applaud your skill & admire your passion.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #publishing #filmmaking #theatre
Rather, there is only your Art & my tastes.
Do what you do well, & I will applaud your skill & admire your passion.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #publishing #filmmaking #theatre
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I refuse the conceit of High Art vs Low Art.
Rather, there is only your Art & my tastes.
Do what you do well, & I will applaud your skill & admire your passion.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #publishing #filmmaking #theatre
Rather, there is only your Art & my tastes.
Do what you do well, & I will applaud your skill & admire your passion.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #publishing #filmmaking #theatre
I find it joyfully ironic that I am never more aware AND never more oblivious than when I am in the middle of my #creative #passions, whether that be #writing or #photography or anything else.
In those moments, my every sense is wide open, and my intellectual processing is quieted.
In those moments, my every sense is wide open, and my intellectual processing is quieted.
November 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I find it joyfully ironic that I am never more aware AND never more oblivious than when I am in the middle of my #creative #passions, whether that be #writing or #photography or anything else.
In those moments, my every sense is wide open, and my intellectual processing is quieted.
In those moments, my every sense is wide open, and my intellectual processing is quieted.
#Antagonist: A person opposed to, struggling against, or competing with the protagonist.
#Protagonist: The leading character; champion of a cause.
No suggestion of good or bad, moral or amoral, right or wrong, angel or demon.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting
#Protagonist: The leading character; champion of a cause.
No suggestion of good or bad, moral or amoral, right or wrong, angel or demon.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#Antagonist: A person opposed to, struggling against, or competing with the protagonist.
#Protagonist: The leading character; champion of a cause.
No suggestion of good or bad, moral or amoral, right or wrong, angel or demon.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting
#Protagonist: The leading character; champion of a cause.
No suggestion of good or bad, moral or amoral, right or wrong, angel or demon.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting
It’s an embarrassment of riches on Fri, Nov 21 at the next LISTEN TO THIS!
Watch Toronto’s most hilarious #standup #comedians & #storytellers share terrible tales of blushing blunders!
For tickets, www.nowlistentothis.ca
#comedy #storytelling #spokenword #ShowUp
Watch Toronto’s most hilarious #standup #comedians & #storytellers share terrible tales of blushing blunders!
For tickets, www.nowlistentothis.ca
#comedy #storytelling #spokenword #ShowUp
November 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
It’s an embarrassment of riches on Fri, Nov 21 at the next LISTEN TO THIS!
Watch Toronto’s most hilarious #standup #comedians & #storytellers share terrible tales of blushing blunders!
For tickets, www.nowlistentothis.ca
#comedy #storytelling #spokenword #ShowUp
Watch Toronto’s most hilarious #standup #comedians & #storytellers share terrible tales of blushing blunders!
For tickets, www.nowlistentothis.ca
#comedy #storytelling #spokenword #ShowUp
ARE YOU READY TO HEAR THE GREAT NEWS, TOMORROW?
Stories so captivating, so raw about men doing the emotional work, you’ll get a heart-on!
Don’t miss out on this chance to also support www.nameres.org
www.eventbrite.ca/e/heal-him-a-storytelling-show-and-talk-back-tickets-1842127435749
Stories so captivating, so raw about men doing the emotional work, you’ll get a heart-on!
Don’t miss out on this chance to also support www.nameres.org
www.eventbrite.ca/e/heal-him-a-storytelling-show-and-talk-back-tickets-1842127435749
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
ARE YOU READY TO HEAR THE GREAT NEWS, TOMORROW?
Stories so captivating, so raw about men doing the emotional work, you’ll get a heart-on!
Don’t miss out on this chance to also support www.nameres.org
www.eventbrite.ca/e/heal-him-a-storytelling-show-and-talk-back-tickets-1842127435749
Stories so captivating, so raw about men doing the emotional work, you’ll get a heart-on!
Don’t miss out on this chance to also support www.nameres.org
www.eventbrite.ca/e/heal-him-a-storytelling-show-and-talk-back-tickets-1842127435749
An independent thinker is not one who eschews insights & advice from others.
An independent thinker is one who selects from those sources the things that best help them.
If a suggestion isn’t relevant to you, ignore it; don’t deride it simply because it came from someone else.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
An independent thinker is one who selects from those sources the things that best help them.
If a suggestion isn’t relevant to you, ignore it; don’t deride it simply because it came from someone else.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
November 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
An independent thinker is not one who eschews insights & advice from others.
An independent thinker is one who selects from those sources the things that best help them.
If a suggestion isn’t relevant to you, ignore it; don’t deride it simply because it came from someone else.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
An independent thinker is one who selects from those sources the things that best help them.
If a suggestion isn’t relevant to you, ignore it; don’t deride it simply because it came from someone else.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
Seems my imposter syndrome was accurate…
…but only because I wasn’t following my true calling. *
Now, I have found a better path, & I have never been more powerful & more confident.
* Even then, I kicked ass.
#passion #lifejourney #selfcare #lifecalling #impostersyndrome #selflove #selfbelief
…but only because I wasn’t following my true calling. *
Now, I have found a better path, & I have never been more powerful & more confident.
* Even then, I kicked ass.
#passion #lifejourney #selfcare #lifecalling #impostersyndrome #selflove #selfbelief
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Seems my imposter syndrome was accurate…
…but only because I wasn’t following my true calling. *
Now, I have found a better path, & I have never been more powerful & more confident.
* Even then, I kicked ass.
#passion #lifejourney #selfcare #lifecalling #impostersyndrome #selflove #selfbelief
…but only because I wasn’t following my true calling. *
Now, I have found a better path, & I have never been more powerful & more confident.
* Even then, I kicked ass.
#passion #lifejourney #selfcare #lifecalling #impostersyndrome #selflove #selfbelief
If I ever needed proof that #happiness comes from within, not without…
I can have what I desire & feel dissatisfied.
I can achieve my goals & feel indifferent.
I can be loved & feel disconnected.
I can experience beauty & feel nothing.
I can be my true self & feel empty.
#selfcare #selflove
I can have what I desire & feel dissatisfied.
I can achieve my goals & feel indifferent.
I can be loved & feel disconnected.
I can experience beauty & feel nothing.
I can be my true self & feel empty.
#selfcare #selflove
November 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If I ever needed proof that #happiness comes from within, not without…
I can have what I desire & feel dissatisfied.
I can achieve my goals & feel indifferent.
I can be loved & feel disconnected.
I can experience beauty & feel nothing.
I can be my true self & feel empty.
#selfcare #selflove
I can have what I desire & feel dissatisfied.
I can achieve my goals & feel indifferent.
I can be loved & feel disconnected.
I can experience beauty & feel nothing.
I can be my true self & feel empty.
#selfcare #selflove
I believe there should be no barriers to whom a storyteller can portray.
The greater the differences, however, between #character & #storyteller, the greater the onus on the storyteller to research, understand & capture the factors that influence the character’s existence.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
The greater the differences, however, between #character & #storyteller, the greater the onus on the storyteller to research, understand & capture the factors that influence the character’s existence.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I believe there should be no barriers to whom a storyteller can portray.
The greater the differences, however, between #character & #storyteller, the greater the onus on the storyteller to research, understand & capture the factors that influence the character’s existence.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
The greater the differences, however, between #character & #storyteller, the greater the onus on the storyteller to research, understand & capture the factors that influence the character’s existence.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
Poor stupid good Ralph!
Don’t miss your early-bird tickets to THE STUPID GOOD COMEDY SHOW on Nov 28
The Coincidence Men welcome the antic idiocy of Herbie Barnes, Kayla Lorette & David Shore
Tickets at: stoopidgood.eventbrite.ca
#improv #comedy
@gioardio.bsky.social @shortweird.bsky.social
Don’t miss your early-bird tickets to THE STUPID GOOD COMEDY SHOW on Nov 28
The Coincidence Men welcome the antic idiocy of Herbie Barnes, Kayla Lorette & David Shore
Tickets at: stoopidgood.eventbrite.ca
#improv #comedy
@gioardio.bsky.social @shortweird.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Poor stupid good Ralph!
Don’t miss your early-bird tickets to THE STUPID GOOD COMEDY SHOW on Nov 28
The Coincidence Men welcome the antic idiocy of Herbie Barnes, Kayla Lorette & David Shore
Tickets at: stoopidgood.eventbrite.ca
#improv #comedy
@gioardio.bsky.social @shortweird.bsky.social
Don’t miss your early-bird tickets to THE STUPID GOOD COMEDY SHOW on Nov 28
The Coincidence Men welcome the antic idiocy of Herbie Barnes, Kayla Lorette & David Shore
Tickets at: stoopidgood.eventbrite.ca
#improv #comedy
@gioardio.bsky.social @shortweird.bsky.social
Most of my life will be spent on the journey TO a destination, not AT the destination.
Until I can find joy & growth in that process, I cannot begin to find joy & growth in life.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #theatre #filmmaking #publishing
Until I can find joy & growth in that process, I cannot begin to find joy & growth in life.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #theatre #filmmaking #publishing
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Most of my life will be spent on the journey TO a destination, not AT the destination.
Until I can find joy & growth in that process, I cannot begin to find joy & growth in life.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #theatre #filmmaking #publishing
Until I can find joy & growth in that process, I cannot begin to find joy & growth in life.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #theatre #filmmaking #publishing
Ready to be a human billboard for the wonderful Tales Toronto.
Thanks to producers Maddy Sedgewick, Andrew Chong, & Briane Shelly Nasimok for their tireless efforts to build such incredible #storytelling line-ups.
The final show of 2025 is Dec 9 on the theme IT'S FATE
www.talestoronto.com
Thanks to producers Maddy Sedgewick, Andrew Chong, & Briane Shelly Nasimok for their tireless efforts to build such incredible #storytelling line-ups.
The final show of 2025 is Dec 9 on the theme IT'S FATE
www.talestoronto.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Ready to be a human billboard for the wonderful Tales Toronto.
Thanks to producers Maddy Sedgewick, Andrew Chong, & Briane Shelly Nasimok for their tireless efforts to build such incredible #storytelling line-ups.
The final show of 2025 is Dec 9 on the theme IT'S FATE
www.talestoronto.com
Thanks to producers Maddy Sedgewick, Andrew Chong, & Briane Shelly Nasimok for their tireless efforts to build such incredible #storytelling line-ups.
The final show of 2025 is Dec 9 on the theme IT'S FATE
www.talestoronto.com
For anyone indulging their #passions & engaging in creative #selfexpression, the greatest enemy is not #criticism. It is not #judgement. It is not denial.
The greatest enemy is #indifference.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #theatre #filmmaking #publishing
The greatest enemy is #indifference.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #theatre #filmmaking #publishing
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
For anyone indulging their #passions & engaging in creative #selfexpression, the greatest enemy is not #criticism. It is not #judgement. It is not denial.
The greatest enemy is #indifference.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #theatre #filmmaking #publishing
The greatest enemy is #indifference.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #theatre #filmmaking #publishing
Have a big idea that needs to be a story? Have few or no ideas but want to tell stories? Want to be a better storyteller & writer?
In Jan 2026, I have you covered with 2 options to unleash your creative juices.
OUT OF OUR MINDS
createdbyrcw.com
SCREENWRITING
coned.georgebrown.ca/screenwriting
In Jan 2026, I have you covered with 2 options to unleash your creative juices.
OUT OF OUR MINDS
createdbyrcw.com
SCREENWRITING
coned.georgebrown.ca/screenwriting
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Have a big idea that needs to be a story? Have few or no ideas but want to tell stories? Want to be a better storyteller & writer?
In Jan 2026, I have you covered with 2 options to unleash your creative juices.
OUT OF OUR MINDS
createdbyrcw.com
SCREENWRITING
coned.georgebrown.ca/screenwriting
In Jan 2026, I have you covered with 2 options to unleash your creative juices.
OUT OF OUR MINDS
createdbyrcw.com
SCREENWRITING
coned.georgebrown.ca/screenwriting
In commemorating Remembrance Day, I focus on the individuals rather than the conflicts as we appear to be addicted as a culture to senseless slaughter.
And that is me remembering the past.
And that is me remembering the past.
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
In commemorating Remembrance Day, I focus on the individuals rather than the conflicts as we appear to be addicted as a culture to senseless slaughter.
And that is me remembering the past.
And that is me remembering the past.
Storytelling is a perpetual battle between hubris & humility.
Hubris to believe that I am God delivering the Spark of Life.
Humility to accept that my effort will always come up short.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #theatre #filmmaking #publishing
Hubris to believe that I am God delivering the Spark of Life.
Humility to accept that my effort will always come up short.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #theatre #filmmaking #publishing
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Storytelling is a perpetual battle between hubris & humility.
Hubris to believe that I am God delivering the Spark of Life.
Humility to accept that my effort will always come up short.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #theatre #filmmaking #publishing
Hubris to believe that I am God delivering the Spark of Life.
Humility to accept that my effort will always come up short.
sowhatsyourstory.ca
#storytelling #writing #screenwriting #theatre #filmmaking #publishing
Remembering Francis Sowden (WWI) - great grandfather
Allan Eby (WWII) - grandfather
Cliff Little (WWII) - great uncle
Allan Eby (WWII) - grandfather
Cliff Little (WWII) - great uncle
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Remembering Francis Sowden (WWI) - great grandfather
Allan Eby (WWII) - grandfather
Cliff Little (WWII) - great uncle
Allan Eby (WWII) - grandfather
Cliff Little (WWII) - great uncle
Another incredible week of #storytelling on my calendar (attending, not telling)
REVENGE @ TALES TORONTO – Tues, Nov 11 @ Tranzac Club (PWYC)
www.talestoronto.com
REJECTION @ REPLAY STORYTELLING – Wed, Nov 12 @ Burdock Music Hall
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1839995468...
#spokenword #truetales #ShowUp
REVENGE @ TALES TORONTO – Tues, Nov 11 @ Tranzac Club (PWYC)
www.talestoronto.com
REJECTION @ REPLAY STORYTELLING – Wed, Nov 12 @ Burdock Music Hall
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1839995468...
#spokenword #truetales #ShowUp
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Another incredible week of #storytelling on my calendar (attending, not telling)
REVENGE @ TALES TORONTO – Tues, Nov 11 @ Tranzac Club (PWYC)
www.talestoronto.com
REJECTION @ REPLAY STORYTELLING – Wed, Nov 12 @ Burdock Music Hall
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1839995468...
#spokenword #truetales #ShowUp
REVENGE @ TALES TORONTO – Tues, Nov 11 @ Tranzac Club (PWYC)
www.talestoronto.com
REJECTION @ REPLAY STORYTELLING – Wed, Nov 12 @ Burdock Music Hall
www.eventbrite.ca/e/1839995468...
#spokenword #truetales #ShowUp
👇👇 TRUTH! 👇👇
Voices in your mind may say, “Your story is no good. Writing is too hard. You suck.” Here’s how you fight them: Write the next sentence. #writing #screenwriting
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
👇👇 TRUTH! 👇👇