What is your story?

Irish seanchaithe and other traditional storytellers must, like Scheherazade, have had a thousand one tales to inform, educate entertain their audiences. If journalist Christopher Booker is correct, however, all of these would been crafted from only seven plot types. In his 2004 book,1 argues that the plots stories, ancient modern, can be categorised as The Quest, Overcoming Monster, Rags Riches, Voyage Return, Comedy, Tragedy or Rebirth. Mysteries, crime stories so popular at present, could form an eighth type but are, he argues, about detective trying understand what happening in is, fact, Undertaking quest overcoming monster not work moment; further every story works its way through series stages, anticipation dream, frustration nightmare resolution. For reader following hero heroine valuable ‘lessons’ learned journey well outcome, which may good, case comedy rebirth, bad tragedy. Like detectives, educational researchers are ‘find out going on’ it easy see how reports original research resemble Quest; those struggles resolve practical problems education Monster. Every researcher will recognise, stages anticipation, nightmare, trials tribulations inherent generation knowledge advances field study. reports, often lessons by authors ‘along way’ most valuable, allowing them apply new own context. While interesting speculate on possible parallels between types, essential for nature write such enable readers relate situation. this issue Clinical Teacher, we excited launch our section, Innovation, Implementation, Improvement, allows tell endeavour. Creative, innovative unique approaches clinical teaching across health professions go unrecognised; extensive effort required inform design, plan implementation, anticipate (and potentially mitigate) barriers impactful evaluations lost. We hope platform provide teachers with disseminate scholarly efforts achievements; published papers valued source well-designed research-informed initiatives introduced contexts settings. To introduce commissioned international experts fields implementation science (IS), evaluation quality improvement, three methodological development high-quality education. Each paper includes guidance who use approach report outcome endeavours innovate, implement improve learning. first piece, Reid et al2 overview IS relevance innovation. Written team Queen's University, Belfast immersed scholarship, provides structure suggestions used chances successful innovation integration teaching. Whether you experienced researcher, educator trainee undertaking ; whether undertaken overcome monster; succeeded your aim failure, look forward hearing story.