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How To Tell a Story Worth Hearing with Matthew Dicks

The Long Game

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What Are the Most Common Mistakes of Beginner Story Tellers?

The first and biggest mistake i see people making is they just assume the audience will attend to what they have to say. And even if mister whippleon candy store in the one street light are relevant, you chose to open with a physical description of a town which is never going to be entertaining. Those things can be layered into a story, but should not open a story. So some of these things seem a little nuance, i think, after you learn them, they're quite apparent, especially when yo ce them in film.

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