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Storytelling Is A Practiced Craft
- Storytelling is a human skill many claim, but professionals treat it like a practiced craft.
- Great storytellers combine curiosity about emotion with deliberate control of narrative tension.
Edit Ruthlessly To Cut Fluff
- Write out what you want to say, then force yourself to cut it in half to remove fluff.
- Edit ruthlessly sentence by sentence to tighten language and strengthen impact.
Accept Feedback As Story Improvement
- Treat feedback as service to the story, not a personal attack, and iterate your work with others.
- Practice both giving and receiving edits so your stories better serve audiences.