Outer Boundaries: "Old Souls" establishes the rules right from the start.

 

Outer Boundaries in storytelling are like setting the ground rules for the story right at the beginning: 

In "Old Souls" - by Brian McDonald and Les McClaine - they tell us upfront that people can live many lives and die many times. It's like the start of a joke, where you know it's not real life, but it sets the stage for what follows, like saying, "A frog walks into a bar."

Check out the podcast episode in which Brian and Jesse talking about Outer Boundaries:

Outer Boundaries | You Are A Storyteller