Day 1
First week of Story telling Masterclass by Matthew Dicks brought to us by Duggup, had some great pointers to tell a story on how to create a frame of story, identifying the map of the story followed by how to identify moments of transformation and how to use the opposite of the end state.
I once was a ________, but then some stuff happened, so now I'm a __________
I once thought ________, but then some stuff happened, so now I think __________
Storytelling is Storytelling is Storytelling and it's for everyone
What constitutes a story
Creating a Frame of your story
Developing a Thesis Statement for your story.
Homework : How did I get to role where I am currently in. Tell it to 3 people.
Day 2 :
Start your story with a location
I am sitting in Portland, Oregon and working from home with my kid asking how did you decide what you want to be
Cinema of Storytelling
- Tell your story in scenes
- The power of location
Scenes are delineated by :
1. Location
2. Time
3. Action
4. Disposition
5. Though
Scenes for my own story:
Location : WFH office sitting at my desk almost exhausted with meetings
Time: Looking towards the end of workday
Kid comes back from School and tells me what he wants to be when he grows up, ends up asking how I knew what I am going to do.
I am teenager looking to beat the summer heat (Crime )
Come across this room with AC
Stakes
- What do you want ?
- What do you need ?
- Iceberg on Stakes
- ET: will ET get home
- Jaws: Who will be eaten
- What are you worried about
- Why are you afraid
- what must you arrive
- what must you find
- When you were surprised, your audience should be surpised. So try to remember when you were surprised
- The best way to preserve is telling the story moment by moment, beat by beat.
- Avoid Preambles
- Verbal detritus to avoid
- Suddenly
- Out of the blue
- From left field
- Guess what
- All of a sudden
- Would you believe it
Bringing together Stakes, Suspense and Surprise
Goal of storytelling is to take a moment from our life and make it unforgettable
