Storyworthy
- Most important one are about developing habits about find story in day to day life. This done using a routine called homework for life. Where everyday you write down “what was the most storyworthy moment of my day”. This way you can start seeing and remembering story in small little things in your day to day life.
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- Stories reflect change over time. Without change, without transformation, you don’t have a story. “Stories that fail to reflect change over time are known as anecdotes”.
- Homework for Life - Every evening, ask yourself “what is my story from today? What is the thing about today that has made it different from any previous day?” Write this down. If you do this, before long you’ll have more stories than you can ever imagine.
- “All great stories — regardless of length or depth or tone — tell the story of a five-second moment in a person’s life. Got that?”
- “You can tell someone’s story, but tell your side of the story.”
- “If you think you have a story, ask yourself: Does it contain a five-second moment? A moment of true transformation? Your five-second moment may be difficult to find. You may have to dig for it.”
- Once you’ve found your 5-second moment of transformation, you’ve got the end of your story. Find the opposite of that transformation, and that’s where your story should start.
- Storytelling is cinema of the mind. There’s an easy trick to making your stories cinematic - make sure that every moment has a physical location attached. “Every moment should be a scene, and ever scene needs a setting”
- “Applying the but-and-therefore principle to your stories, both formal and anecdotal, will make you the kind of person people want to listen to”