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#462: How to Tell Better Stories

The Art of Manliness

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How to Tell a Funny Story

I think a lot of people think stories need to be funny or really poignant to be worth telling. I don't think that any of those things are necessarily required. In storytelling, I always use humor strategically. My funniest stories are the stories I least like to tell because there's no emotional journey in those stories. People connect with me as deeply as they do when the stories that move them in a variety of emotional ways.

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