5 Best Ways to Start Your Story - Storytelling Hooks — Transcript

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1. 0:00uh let me tell you a quick story okay
2. 0:02please don't do that you'll put your
3. 0:04audience to sleep before you even
4. 0:05started better use one of these five
5. 0:08proven hooks to start your story first
6. 0:10hook jump into action start your story
7. 0:13right into the action with forward
8. 0:15momentum make your character do anything
9. 0:18stepping walking shouting biking you
10. 0:20name it I stood in front of my manager's
11. 0:22office took a big breath knocked three
12. 0:26times and slowly open the door as I
13. 0:29peaked in oh [ __ ] head off HR and my
14. 0:33manager I knew this wasn't good second
15. 0:36hook start with dialogue share the exact
16. 0:40words that were used in that crucial
17. 0:42moment of the story mom I've got to tell
18. 0:45you something and with those words I
19. 0:48begin a conversation that would change
20. 0:50everything thir hook pose a question
21. 0:53start your story with a relatable
22. 0:55question that makes your listeners think
23. 0:58about their own experience
24. 1:00have you ever wondered what it would be
25. 1:02like to walk away from everything you've
26. 1:04ever known and start over that's exactly
27. 1:07what I did when I packed my back moved
28. 1:10halfway across the country fourth hook
29. 1:12describe the character describe the
30. 1:15unique trads of the character trads that
31. 1:17are relatable and paint a vivid picture
32. 1:20in your audience's heads October 2014 I
33. 1:24was 16 years old truck a cab long hair
34. 1:27baggy pants and just covered and pimples
35. 1:30and the last hook use a cliffhanger
36. 1:34start your story as close as possible to
37. 1:37the most crucial moment of the story
38. 1:39show your listeners what that moment is
39. 1:42but don't share everything yet 5 years
40. 1:44ago I was standing in my room letter in
41. 1:47my hand I knew that that was it I knew
42. 1:51that this letter would change my life
43. 1:54forever let me rewind a few hours okay
44. 1:56that's it give them a try these Five
45. 1:59Hooks will help grab your listener's
46. 2:00attention but I guess to really sustain
47. 2:03the attention you also want to
48. 2:04understand how to tell the most
49. 2:06incredible stories possible for that you
50. 2:08may want to check out this next video
51. 2:10which I share my favorite ways to spice
52. 2:12up your stories enjoy