Once Upon A Time there was a well-meaning ancestor who in spite of themself set out to write a book. Things seemed to be going well but then … you’ll never guess what happened!
Gotcha! Our job as storytellers is to sweep the audience off their feet and take them on a journey to entertain, teach, and inspire. Here’s a couple of tried and tested storytelling strategies.
Once Upon A Time there was a well-meaning ancestor who in spite of themself set out to write a book. Things seemed to be going well but then …
"To get to the other side!" Huh?
Got your attention, right? This old storytelling mechanism uses interesting confusion to hold attention to create curiosity and investment.
The Seinfeld sitcom was a big hit because it was simple. And it was about nothing. We'll it was about something. The way they told the story about nothing is the secret. This tool could be a useful tool for your history book.
Generate some words about someone, something, anything.