Out on the Wire

Out on the Wire Episode 1: Eureka

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Sep 7, 2015
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INSIGHT

Make Stories That Grab You By The Ears

  • Great storytelling aims to be irresistibly compelling and magnetic to listeners.
  • Ira Glass frames the goal as making work that pulls people in and they can't stop listening.
INSIGHT

Pay Attention To Your Taste

  • Taste determines what excites you and what you're willing to pursue for years.
  • Pay attention to what captures your attention because that's the signal of your taste.
ANECDOTE

How Trish Trash Began From A Prompt

  • A textbook prompt (cheerful, spiked collar, X games) led Jessica Abel to create Trish Trash, a roller-derby-on-Mars epic.
  • That small playful prompt became a years-long project touching climate, class, and coming-of-age themes.
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