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For researchers working within a narrative inquiry framework, the task of constructing an interpretive story is daunting. They need to know, What do we do after we have transcribed our interview tapes? The author's response to this question is described in this article. The lenses of narrative processes, language, context, and moments are the dimensions people use to construct and reconstruct their identity and to give meaning to their lives. These lenses highlight both the individuality and the complexity of a life. Excerpts from an interview with one postgraduate student illustrate some of the views highlighted by each of these lenses.

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Writing interpretive stories from the views highlighted by the multiple lenses of active listening, narrative processes, language, context, and moments is the second part of the author's answer to the question, What do we do after we have transcribed our interview tapes? Interpretive stories offer an alternative mode of representation of interview transcripts to the traditional approach in which a transcript is fractured into smaller segments of text and then recombined into themes that move across stories, across people, and across contexts. As situated accounts inclusive of the multiple voices of the participant and those of the researcher, interpretive stories open the reader to the possibility of multiple interpretations. DEVELOPING INTERPRETIVE STORIES USING THE VIEWS HIGHLIGHTED THROUGH MULTIPLE LENSESDeveloping an interpretive story involves looking at the views highlighted by each of the lenses and writing a story suggested by these views, sharing this story with the participant, and reflecting on and reacting to the participant's response to the interpretive story.The process begins by listing the story titles agreed to by the researcher and the participant. From this list, the researcher selects the story titles that