Watch This to Become a Magnetic Storyteller — Transcript

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1. 0:00hey there storytelling is one of the
2. 0:02most powerful tools to inspire others
3. 0:04but most of the advice that is out there
4. 0:06makes it sound way too complicated but
5. 0:09the truth is storytelling is actually
6. 0:11pretty easy if you know what really
7. 0:13matters in this video I'm going to share
8. 0:15the three steps to structure
9. 0:17Unforgettable stories but to show you
10. 0:19those steps in action let me first share
11. 0:21a short story from Ryan rolds see if you
12. 0:24can spot the structure that he's using
13. 0:26in our rebellious moments I wanted to
14. 0:29get an earring as kid I thought that
15. 0:30that would be a good idea my brother
16. 0:32said you're you're going to die you're
17. 0:34going to show up at dinner tonight and
18. 0:36and dad there will be a messy stabbing
19. 0:37death because Dad will take one of the
20. 0:39utensils and stab you I went off with
21. 0:42one of my friends and his mom and we
22. 0:43went to Sears or wherever the hell you
23. 0:45go and she signed the consent for her I
24. 0:47got an earring I came home and I
25. 0:49remember my face being so flush with
26. 0:52blood and heat thinking about this
27. 0:54impending disaster that was about to
28. 0:56happen and I get to the dinner table he
29. 0:59mutters some swear word under his breath
30. 1:01or something like you [ __ ] something
31. 1:04like that and I kind of look up and I
32. 1:06look around and I see that all three of
33. 1:09my brothers had gotten an
34. 1:11earring to to sort of save me Ryan rolds
35. 1:16uses a three-step story structure that I
36. 1:18would call C or car now you can think of
37. 1:22your story like a car it takes your
38. 1:24listeners on this ride that they won't
39. 1:27forget step one context in the First
40. 1:30Step you want to give some rough context
41. 1:32where and when does it take place who's
42. 1:34the main character and what does that
43. 1:36character want just to remember in Ryan
44. 1:38rold story what did he want well he
45. 1:40wanted to get an earring and also he
46. 1:42wanted to Rebel a little bit against his
47. 1:44father the best stories start by sharing
48. 1:47the storyteller's goal so maybe you
49. 1:50wanted to get a promotion maybe you
50. 1:51wanted to attract a partner maybe you
51. 1:53wanted to be admired by your friends
52. 1:55share what the main character wants to
53. 1:58achieve right at the start the moment
54. 2:00you share the character's goals your
55. 2:02audience will wonder like hey is she
56. 2:04going to make it they will keep
57. 2:05listening until they know the answer but
58. 2:08I'd recommend to keep the context
59. 2:10relatively short like a few sentences
60. 2:13that's usually enough you want to move
61. 2:14to the most important part of the story
62. 2:17The adversity as quickly as possible
63. 2:20step two adversity every great story has
64. 2:23some sort of adversity or challenge that
65. 2:26can be a difficult decision a physical
66. 2:28problem an emotional problem album any
67. 2:30type of challenge in Ryan Renard's story
68. 2:33well his challenge was that he was
69. 2:35terrified how his father would react to
70. 2:37the earring the adversity is the longest
71. 2:39and the most crucial part of any story
72. 2:42describe the struggle show what is at
73. 2:45stake and really let us feel the
74. 2:47emotions behind it but instead of
75. 2:49telling the emotion show the emotion in
76. 2:51Ryan Reynold's story for example instead
77. 2:53of saying oh I was nervous he said I was
78. 2:57sitting at the table sweat dripping on
79. 2:59my pants
80. 3:00like he shows how it looks on his body
81. 3:03and his face show the emotion but hey
82. 3:07for most stories usually one challenge
83. 3:09is enough but if you have more time and
84. 3:11you really want to build it up you can
85. 3:13think of sharing multiple challenges but
86. 3:15there the key is just to start with a
87. 3:17small challenge then go to the next
88. 3:19challenge and then go to the final and
89. 3:21biggest challenge all the way at the end
90. 3:23of the story step three resolution in
91. 3:26that last step you want to share how the
92. 3:28adversities overcome what are the
93. 3:30actions reactions decisions taken to
94. 3:32overcome that problem just to remember
95. 3:35in Ryan Reynold's Story how the
96. 3:36challenge was overcome well in that case
97. 3:38it was his brothers who decided to get
98. 3:40an earring as well and so his brothers
99. 3:43who saved Ryan from the punishment of
100. 3:45his father beautiful moment now I know
101. 3:48in real life we have a problem and then
102. 3:50we do bunch of things to overcome that
103. 3:52problem for your story I would suggest
104. 3:54to focus on the one to two most crucial
105. 3:58actions to over overcome that problem
106. 4:01otherwise it would just get too much too
107. 4:03overwhelming once you've shared those
108. 4:05actions let us know how does the story
109. 4:07turn out at the end how's the character
110. 4:09changed how is the character transformed
111. 4:11if for example at the beginning they
112. 4:13were overwhelmed now they're in control
113. 4:15if they were nervous now they're
114. 4:17confident if they were sad now they were
115. 4:20happy show the transformation a great
116. 4:22resolution leaves your audience with
117. 4:24this sense of satisfaction like as if
118. 4:27they went on this journey themselves and
119. 4:29they they really saw this character grow
120. 4:32now that we've covered the three steps
121. 4:34of car let's see them in action for that
122. 4:36we're going to watch a super interesting
123. 4:38story from Salma hyek who shares a short
124. 4:41story about when she met Eminem I was
125. 4:45sex nervous cuz I hadn't slept I was Jed
126. 4:47like I was feeling shaky and so this one
127. 4:51time I'm drinking the water because my
128. 4:53mouth immediately goes dry yeah and I am
129. 4:56thinking I'm walking towards it in my
130. 4:58head thinking Lose Yourself you know I'm
131. 5:02I'm singing the song and he comes out
132. 5:04exactly on the side that I am in and I
133. 5:07just I'm so I love you I love you you're
134. 5:10shaking the water I spit it
135. 5:13out I was I drank and I said love it
136. 5:17love it that got so much worse oh my God
137. 5:21oh my God and then I see that he's like
138. 5:24in shock with water all over and I go
139. 5:27first of all I'm sorry I'm sorry
140. 5:30and they're like go go I'm sorry and
141. 5:33then and then go go and go somebody take
142. 5:35a
143. 5:36picture he took a picture and and then I
144. 5:39left you both look ter I so humilated I
145. 5:43still had to go and do it and the next
146. 5:46day I went home and I said oh my God my
147. 5:49hero thinks I'm a freak and and the next
148. 5:51morning they asked him because it was a
149. 5:53big deal it was a surprise yeah did you
150. 5:56enjoy going this time because when he
151. 5:58won for that song he didn't go and he
152. 6:00and he said something like oh I I really
153. 6:03enjoyed it because I got to meet Salma
154. 6:06yeah I got yeah that was so what an
155. 6:09incredible Storyteller right you can use
156. 6:12that car structure for all of your
157. 6:14stories but once you've gotten a bit
158. 6:16more comfortable with that structure you
159. 6:18may also want to think of how can I
160. 6:20spice it up how can I tell it in a more
161. 6:22interesting way for that you may want to
162. 6:24check out this next video in which I
163. 6:26share my favorite storytelling
164. 6:28techniques enjoy way
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