Tag: Ponder

An Infographic of Pondering Points

If like me you are new to the nuances of the art of storytelling… it can be an overwhelming experience to suddenly start telling a story! You’ve heard about the idea of good storytelling…. but what does it mean? What should I think about?

People are natural storytellers… supposedly! Somedays I don’t feel like a natural storyteller… Purportedly that is what separates us from the animals (can we ever be sure animals aren’t storytellers???). I digress, but what we do know is there are certain core components, key considerations, or as I call them pondering points that can help create a good story!

There are lots of pondering points to help us along the way…. whilst we might not need to know the scientific detail of why our brains like stories… (Its true and Harvard says so and why here: Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling) but we can use the their academic findings to help us as storytellers. There are also plenty of quality opinion and experience pieces from really competent (and incredibly popular) storytellers like Pixar or even medium providers like Twitter than can help us in our quest for good storytelling!

Anyways I condensed my top pondering points from some excellent references into the handy infographic below to help you to start storytelling!

References:

Aerogramme Writers’ Studio (2013) “Back to the Story Spine.” https://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2013/06/05/back-to-the-story-spine/

Lamar, Cyriaque. (2012) Gizmodo. “The 22 rules of storytelling, according to Pixar.” https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-22-rules-of-storytelling-according-to-pixar-5916970

Dolan, Gabrielle (2017) Stories for Work: The essential guide to storytelling https://thelbdgroup.com.au/using-stories-to-build-and-strengthen-connections

O’Hara, Carolyn (2014) Harvard Business Review. “How to tell a great story.” https://hbr.org/2014/07/how-to-tell-a-great-story

Zak, Paul (2014) Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling https://hbr.org/2014/10/why-your-brain-loves-good-storytelling

Reese, Nick. 2018. Twitter Marketing. “How to use storytelling to craft better tweets.” https://business.twitter.com/en/blog/how-to-use-storytelling-to-craft-better-tweets.html