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<li><a href="/wiki/notes/BzaAaifsfEv5mTiEOFBPA">hasURL</a> <a href="https://every.to/masterful-storytelling/becoming-a-better-storyteller">https://every.to/masterful-storytelling/becoming-a-better-storyteller</a></li>
<li><a href="/wiki/notes/Qm7iW1aXtpxz1plI5yCSa">hasAuthor</a> <a href="/wiki/notes/MYwDUPWQsNRAB7H9NbHs5">@katie-parrott</a></li>
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<li>Find your minimal viable story
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<li>Person + setting + an outcome that matters (also known as stakes). 
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<li>Who is the protagonist (maybe it’s you, maybe it’s someone else) </li>
<li>Where and when are they? </li>
<li>What do they want? </li>
<li>Why does the outcome matter? </li>
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<li>Dial in the details
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<li>“The number one problem with stories is too little detail,” Adam says. “The number two problem is too much detail.”</li>
<li>choose details strategically, ie. to help the reader</li>
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<li>Set up your stakes with the Five Whys
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<li>ultimately should appeal to a peasant in india 1000 yrs ago</li>
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<li>build up your storytelling sensor (in your heart and in your brain)
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<li>The very act of feeling like you're a crappy storyteller is a very promising thing</li>
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Becoming a Better Storyteller

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