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Top Copy needs good storytelling skills...
...but how do you get better?
You can start, by studying experts.
(A thread)
This doesn't mean taking a college course or flipping open a dusty tome of how-to
(You can if you want)
But there IS an easier way.
Look at the really good storytellers in our midst.
Like Mike Rowe
He's got a great podcast with 10-minute stories.
(You can if you want)
But there IS an easier way.
Look at the really good storytellers in our midst.
Like Mike Rowe
He's got a great podcast with 10-minute stories.
It's called 'The Way I Heard It'
When your story is short like that, there isn't room for fluff.
-Straight to the point.
-Which makes it easier to break down and study.
Here's a recent one he did entitled 'An Unforgivable Overreaction'
When your story is short like that, there isn't room for fluff.
-Straight to the point.
-Which makes it easier to break down and study.
Here's a recent one he did entitled 'An Unforgivable Overreaction'
It opens with an anecdote that
-connects the reader to a current event (Presidential debate)
-piques interest
-opens with action and a certain amount of tension
-sets up a head fake for the story telling itself
The debate, for those unfamiliar, got pretty rowdy
-connects the reader to a current event (Presidential debate)
-piques interest
-opens with action and a certain amount of tension
-sets up a head fake for the story telling itself
The debate, for those unfamiliar, got pretty rowdy
His dinner guests became uncomfortable by the lack of civility and decorum among all involved..
Which reminded him of a story.
Which reminded him of a story.
Mike was reminded of another President who had once made...
'An Unforgivable Reaction'
And he speaks of a Cuban immigrant to America involved in an executive level conversation.
The conversation is heating up. They trade one argument for another...
'An Unforgivable Reaction'
And he speaks of a Cuban immigrant to America involved in an executive level conversation.
The conversation is heating up. They trade one argument for another...
Each side pulls a quote from an American President in the for or against side of this monumental choice.
Each rebuttal takes us a little closer to the moder day...
But each highlights the great dilemmas faced by American Presidents.
It keeps you guessing as the story unfolds
Each rebuttal takes us a little closer to the moder day...
But each highlights the great dilemmas faced by American Presidents.
It keeps you guessing as the story unfolds
Until we learn...
This discussion is in an executive boardroom and not the Oval Office...
And the decision was monumental alright, but it was an entirely different kind of war that was being considered.
You see, the President was made to look the fool in a taste test...
This discussion is in an executive boardroom and not the Oval Office...
And the decision was monumental alright, but it was an entirely different kind of war that was being considered.
You see, the President was made to look the fool in a taste test...
So he responded by launching a new product.
A product that inspired the title of the story
Maybe you have heard of it...
A product that inspired the title of the story
Maybe you have heard of it...
New Coke.
Notice the elements that went into this story.
Mike drew you in...
-interest
-suspense
-kept you guessing
-used a head fake
-satisfying payoff with a surprise ending
These are just a few ways storytellers ply their craft.
Podcasts like his can help you master storytelling, too
Mike drew you in...
-interest
-suspense
-kept you guessing
-used a head fake
-satisfying payoff with a surprise ending
These are just a few ways storytellers ply their craft.
Podcasts like his can help you master storytelling, too
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