Storytelling – A Manual 1 – Legacy through storytelling Neuron to neurons and it’s beauty Is it hard to become a storyteller 2 – Types of storytelling Learning about yourself through storytelling Storytelling as an art form Getting in to politics In business 3 – Science of story telling Evolution and science Cocktail of conversation How humans consume information 4 – How to Write a story Main ingredient of a story Key Skills for storytelling 4 core guidelines Good writing skills and habits Common mistakes Create emotional reactions VI. Twelve Ways to Give Your Words Power VII. Eleven Ways to Make People What You Write II. Nine Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block X. Twelve Ways to Avoid Making Your Reader Hate You 5 – Rules of story creation Before the start, think small III. Five Ways to Write a Strong Beginning Structuring the story Rule of three 80/20 rule IV. Nine Ways to Save Time and Energy 6 – Building a character profile 6 – Writing style V. Ten Ways to Develop Style VIII. Ten Ways to Avoid Grammatical Errors IX. Six Ways to Avoid Punctuation Errors 7 – Telling your story XI. Seven Ways to Edit Yourself Speaking skills Opening paragraph – see bookmark 1000 most common words Body Language (acting) Emphasising and most common words How to read your listeners Being uncomfortable at first (standup comedy Strong title of your story Building conflict Building climax - https://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/creative1/shortstory/#paragraph Conclusion Contents Legacy through storytelling .................................................................................................................... 6 Neuron to Neurons and it’s beauty ........................................................................................................ 7 Is it hard to become a story teller? ......................................................................................................... 9 Types of storytelling .............................................................................................................................. 10 Learning about yourself from story telling ................................................................................... 10 Storytelling as an Art form ............................................................................................................ 10 Getting in to politics ...................................................................................................................... 10 In business ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Science of story telling .......................................................................................................................... 13 Evolution and science ........................................................................................................................... 13 Cocktail of conversation ................................................................................................................ 14 How to write a story ............................................................................................................................. 17 Main ingredient of a stories .................................................................................................................. 17 4 core guidelines ................................................................................................................................... 19 Make Yourself Likable. .......................................................................................................................... 20 Practice specific writing skills to build habit ......................................................................................... 23 Making words are powerful through grammar ............................................................................ 26 Improve your spelling ................................................................................................................... 32 Overcoming writers block ............................................................................................................. 33 Writing skills and good habits ............................................................................................................... 36 Rules of story creation .......................................................................................................................... 37 Before the start, think small ................................................................................................................. 37 Use the Classic Story Structure ............................................................................................................. 39 Rule of three ................................................................................................................................. 44 Building a Character Profile .................................................................................................................. 46 Character Archetypes ........................................................................................................................... 47 Character Traits ..................................................................................................................................... 53 The big 5 character traits .............................................................................................................. 53 Character temperament ............................................................................................................... 65 The Artisan – Good and evil .......................................................................................................... 68 The Guardian – Good and evil ....................................................................................................... 70 The Idealist – Good and evil .......................................................................................................... 71 The Rational – Good and evil ........................................................................................................ 73 Designing the character ........................................................................................................................ 75 Mary Sue Characters ..................................................................................................................... 76 Character Flaws ............................................................................................................................. 79 Choose a point of view .................................................................................................................. 79 Living through our character’s eyes .............................................................................................. 80 Telling your story .................................................................................................................................. 88 Generating a plot .................................................................................................................................. 88 Story title ............................................................................................................................................... 89 Opening lines and paragraphs .............................................................................................................. 92 Common mistake when storytelling ..................................................................................................... 93 Characterisation techniques for storytelling ........................................................................................ 97 Speech, presentation and talks ........................................................................................................... 103 Quick few points ................................................................................................................................. 104 From the what NOT to do department ............................................................................................... 107 How to prepare and deliver a presentation ....................................................................................... 109 Structure ............................................................................................................................................. 110 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 110 Body ............................................................................................................................................ 111 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................... 111 Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 112 Opening with a spark and closing with a bang ................................................................................... 113 Opening a speech ........................................................................................................................ 114 Closing a speech .......................................................................................................................... 122 Conclusion ..........................................................................................................................................