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Brutally Honest About Storytelling Myths with Francisco Mahfuz

The Storytelling Lab

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How to Be a Successful Storyteller

I think that's a really fair point that you brought up about if it's a part of what you teach. There is a very different spectrum of storytelling styles and I don't think any of them are wrong necessarily. The one thing the one thing I occasionally find is that there is a very sort of utilitarian approach to storytelling which is very useful but can be limiting for some people. It's not so much a mistake and more something that hopefully I don't fall into because although particularly you know I spend a lot of time talking to people about the one story and the main story they should be telling  which is their own sort of origin story But I tell small stories all the time so

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