Excellent book dedicated to the storytelling process, it makes us amuse on the silliest things that could be made as a story and things to consider while telling a story. Author Mathew Dicks tells us in detail some of his award winning speeches and tricks he employed in making them effective, Recommended read!
Some of my favorite quotes from the book:
“Telling stories about your life lets people know they’re not alone; and it lets some of the people closest to you — like family and loved ones — see your life apart from the context of family and without the kind of revisionist hindsight we can sometimes fall into concerning the ones we love most.”
“Your story must reflect change over time. A story cannot simply be a series of remarkable events. You must start out as one version of yourself and end as something new.”
“Seek out the moments when you felt your heart move. When something changed forever, even if that moment seems minuscule compared to the rest of the story. That will be your five-second moment. Until you have it, you don’t have a story. When you find it, you’re ready to begin crafting your story.”
“The longer you speak, the more perfect and precise you must be. The longer you stand in front of an audience — whether it be a theater or a boardroom — the more entertaining and engaging your words must be. So speak less. Make time your ally.”
“Stories are not a simple recounting of events. They are not a thorough reporting of moments over a give period of time. Stories are the crafted representation of events that are related in such a way to demonstrate change over time in the life of the storyteller. 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.”
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