Today we want to discuss storytelling - how to tell the right story right. So, we'll start by telling you a story...(read the summary of today's show)
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The Story on Storytelling
Welcome to our sixth big success show today. You'll get the story on storytelling the big success show with George and Mary Lynn our last show we discussed the single biggest barrier to your success the fear of failure we discussed how getting past the fear of failure and Cultivating the fear of not trying leads to your big success and remember to keep visualizing your future We've got a link to that exercise on our site today at big success calm We'll be coming back to that in about a month and today. We're going to talk about how to tell the right story Right, so let's start with a story that makes sense and this comes from Boston 1775 George take it away Many of us remember the famous Henry Wadsworth long fellow poem that starts like this Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere And of course we remember the fact that Paul Revere's ride was to warn the people of the colonies that the British were coming But a lot of us aren't familiar with though dilemma long fellow faced after he wrote that poem It's a little no in fact that there was a second writer that evening a gentleman by the name of William Dawes and The Dawes family didn't take kindly to the fact that long fellow didn't mention their ancestor So why did long fellow single out Paul Revere to answer that question? We need a little bit of background. You see sometime before long fellow wrote his poem Revere was asked to record the events of that famous day and Revere delivered exactly what was expected of him He delivered a riveting account about the start of the American Revolution an account so compelling That historians have used it ever since so why did long fellow single out Revere in his famous poem? Because Paul Revere could tell a great story. Wow, I'd never heard of Dawes. I didn't know there was a second writer Well, and most of us haven't and that's what hopefully makes a story interesting And the thing that we learn or that can hopefully see about stories then is that stories can capture the attention of your audience Whether that be one person or ten thousand people and you know, that's not always easy It's really hard to tell a good story, right? I think we've all been bored by someone who thought they were telling us an interesting story And that's why we're here today Marylin and there are two parts to telling the right story right and the first part of course is we've got to get the right story because the wrong story just doesn't work at all So we've got to focus on getting the right story. So let's examine the story you just told It was relatable to our audience and it was related to our topic today. Absolutely, right? It's definitely all about storytelling, right? Right, and it led naturally to the topic because the punchline had to do with telling stories It was proportional to our presentation. Well, what we did today was proportional to presentation But I have to admit unfortunately That this was much longer at one time and Marylin, I think you heard that. Yeah, I said George cut it down Yes, but since we don't have 30 minutes today We we had to cut it down a little bit So if the point is it does need to fit your presentation another way to get the right story is that it must ring true But describe a situation that is out of the ordinary what you did today Well because Longfellow did face the lemon. So we discussed Longfellow's dilemma. It's out of the ordinary I think because people don't know about DOS. Your story should also present a problem faced by the main character We just kind of talked about that didn't we? Yes, we did, and it should have a happy ending or at least be uplifting And hopefully the fact that we've heard a revere and not DOS uplifts you and it gets you motivated to listen to our topic Telling stories. So the next thing we have to do is get the story right. We've got the right story now We've got to make sure to get it right and as with I think much communication that we do Sometimes it's best to pretend and when you tell a story pretend you're telling it to your best friend Tell your story from one character's point of view in this case We did told a story about Longfellow, right? And then we need to develop the story fully paint a picture in the mind of your audience Very your pace with the activity of the story. I noticed you were doing that during the story It helps the audience feel what's going on. I'm glad to hear I did that It would be bad if I didn't want it use moments of silence For emphasis. That's the next point nicely done. Don't rush through the punch line Hey, you stepped up to the plate. Well there and finally it's okay to embellish, but don't lie So let's review what we went over today Today we talked about how to choose the right story and how to tell your story right Stories connect you with your audience by capturing their attention. You can check out today's blog for written summary of the show We've also got a link to Boston 1775 our reference for today and leave us a comment if you have a storytelling ship to tear. I mean Ship to tear tip to share Let's wrap up the show with our big quote a quote today is by the author Philip Pullman They'll shout not as soon forgotten but once upon a time last forever All right, and that's the story on storytelling tell the right story, right? And you'll live happily ever after for a next show We're gonna talk about the role of role playing and until next time here's to your big success The big success show at VIGG success calm You You [BLANK_AUDIO]