How I Work cover image

Matthew Dicks teaches you to think and write like a master storyteller

How I Work

00:00

How to Increase the Stakes in Storytelling

The instinct I think it's fear really is to present all the good stuff right off the bat. The problem with that is if you give us all the goodstuff in the first minute there's nothing left to offer us as we go on. What I always tell storytellers to do is to sort of take an inventory of the stakes of your story where are all the problems that you are facing and some of them are gonna be chronological like  I'm not gonna face the mean guy until I get to the store where I meet the main guy fine but your inability to like deal with mean people like your avoidance of conflict isn't very entertaining.

Play episode from 17:50
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app