Contents: Breaking Free from the Tyranny of Templates -- Using Modern Learner Roles to Streamline the Curriculum -- What to Cut Out, Cut Back, Consolidate, and Create -- The Power of a Storyline -- Using the Setting to Streamline the Narrative -- Genre Selection: Sketching a Course and Unit Narrative -- How Authentic Assessments Bolster the Curriculum Narrative -- Generating a Curriculum Storyb…