I mentioned a few months back that I was attending an on-line storytelling workshop. Well, the workshop was a bust. Mostly, I think, due to the size of the class. There were hundreds of participants. Many of the people there were signed up to tell a story of tragedy - death of a spouse, death of a child, a suicide, divorce, etc. Very compelling stories, to be sure. They tended to garner most of the replies and attention from moderators and the comments were mostly in support and encouragement of what had been written.