Here are three articles and six TED Talk videos to help you bone up on the art of successful story telling.
How to Tell a Story — Right Now — From a Master of Improv
“Upright Citizen Brigade founding member Matt Besser is one of the world’s leading improvers. Here, the off-the-cuff expert offers wisdom on how to free associate your way to solid spontaneous storytelling.”
How to Captivate Your Audience with Story (From America’s Greatest Living Playwright)
“David Mamet, America’s greatest living playwright, has forgotten more about all this than ten internet marketing gurus sipping mojitos in San Jose will ever know. A few years ago, a memo surfaced, written by Mamet to the clan of writers working on his television show. This little memo is actually more a master class in writing and storytelling.”
How to tell a story like a stand up comic
“Telling a story like a stand-up takes practice and there are key points to remember. Believe it or not, most stand-up comics are not wildly adventurous individuals who have hilarious things happen to them every day. What they’ve learned, however, is that it’s not the story, but rather how it’s told.”
Here are six TED talks on storytelling
“Why do we love our favorite stories? Do they need a beginning, middle and end, and a character who changes by the conclusion? Masters of storytelling explore new answers to age-old questions of the craft.”
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