Paradigm Shift

I am used to being on the advancing front of a paradigm shift, and have loathed the "old guard" many a time for their refusal to move out of the way. But I fear that as one who has always loved the theories and rules of grammar, punctuation, and style (I often read Strunk and White for the sheer enjoyment it brings me), I may have a difficult time espousing the tenets of the "new way." At the same time, I can not remember anyone teaching me how to write, many of the things inherent to the writing process have seemed intrinsically borne in me, so it may not be such of a stretch to move from an outward-in model to an inside-out model of composition theory.
The new paradigm lends itself well to storytelling. Indeed, I believe that we communicate in short-story form. We tell our friends about our weekend adventures, we relate to the Bursar's office just exactly why we can not pay our tuition bill on time, we tell our professors the reason for our continued tardiness; all in the form of short-stories (introduction, narrative, climax, denouement). Yet I expect that merely helping students express themselves through story in their writing will not solve our crises. Some forms do not lend themselves to storytelling as such. It would be a wonderfully colorful and enjoyable culture if we were to produce an entire generation of creative writers who can express themselves beautifully, but it simply would not do in the business world, scientific community, or economic ecclesia.