3 Storytelling Techniques To Deliver Unforgettable Stories — Transcript

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1. 0:00in this video I'm going to give you the
2. 0:02three storytelling techniques to move
3. 0:03your stories from this to this let's go
4. 0:06first take me start right into the
5. 0:09action
6. 0:10the biggest difference between great
7. 0:12storytelles and beginner storytellers is
8. 0:14that they bring us into the story from
9. 0:16moment one they don't waste any time
10. 0:19giving too much context they start their
11. 0:22story right into the action you can do
12. 0:24that by pretty much having your
13. 0:26character do anything any type of action
14. 0:28that can be walking biking reading you
15. 0:32name it for example it's May 2019 dinuka
16. 0:37steps into his manager's office and
17. 0:39hands in the letter
18. 0:41or about two weeks back I was on my bike
19. 0:45singing out loud on Dancing Queen by
20. 0:48ABBA
21. 0:49do you see do you see what I did there
22. 0:51by starting your story with forward
23. 0:53momentum with these actions you
24. 0:55immediately bring in your listeners into
25. 0:57the story
26. 0:59all right on to the next one if you
27. 1:01master that skill you'll be in that top
28. 1:03one percent of great storytellers
29. 1:06second take look show don't tell
30. 1:10the best stories they're emotional
31. 1:12everyone agrees on that but what most
32. 1:14people do is when they share a story
33. 1:16they tell us how the character felt they
34. 1:20use words like happy sad disappointed
35. 1:23nervous well this is a great starting
36. 1:25point we can do better than that let me
37. 1:28give you two examples instead of saying
38. 1:30my boss was very pleased say my boss
39. 1:33woke up to me patted me on my back and
40. 1:36looked at me with this big grin on his
41. 1:38face or
42. 1:41um instead of saying I was nervous say
43. 1:44my legs started trembling my entire face
44. 1:48turned red
45. 1:50do you see the difference instead of
46. 1:53telling the emotions you show the
47. 1:55emotions show how the body how the face
48. 1:57changes when you experience that emotion
49. 2:00it's a tiny modification but it makes
50. 2:02your story immediately more visual
51. 2:04alright on to the last and my absolute
52. 2:07favorite storytelling technique third
53. 2:09technique use dialogue
54. 2:12the best stories transport the listeners
55. 2:16into the story's World your listeners
56. 2:18should see the story in their heads they
57. 2:21should feel the emotions they should
58. 2:23experience the story as if it was
59. 2:26happening to them now one of the most
60. 2:28powerful techniques to do that is to use
61. 2:30dialogue or the exact words that were
62. 2:34used in that crucial moment of the story
63. 2:36let me give you some examples instead of
64. 2:39saying my mom was very disappointed say
65. 2:42my mom looked at me and said Philip
66. 2:45you're a disgrace
67. 2:47or instead of instead of saying well my
68. 2:51my client secured three millions of
69. 2:54funding see
70. 2:55my client called me and said
71. 2:58crazy we did it we secured the three
72. 3:01millions of funding thank you so much do
73. 3:04you see the difference it's a small
74. 3:06tweak in the wording but it makes a
75. 3:08massive difference to how visual it is
76. 3:11look these three story time techniques
77. 3:14will help you spice up your story big
78. 3:16time but you also may want to make sure
79. 3:19that you include a few of these
80. 3:20unexpected or surprise moments in your
81. 3:23story to know exactly when to include
82. 3:25them you may want to check out this next
83. 3:27video in that video I shared my three
84. 3:29lessons that I got from reading these 34
85. 3:33books on storytelling see you there
86. 3:35[Music]