{"id":9168,"date":"2022-01-03T11:17:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T16:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/?p=9168"},"modified":"2022-01-03T13:02:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T18:02:39","slug":"nail-the-narrative-storytelling-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/nail-the-narrative-storytelling-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording: Nail the Narrative Storytelling Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Want to tell a story that rivets readers from the very first sentence? In this Meetup Live event, you\u2019ll get the chance to learn how to craft intriguing stories and engage your audience\u2019s attention, whether they\u2019re strangers, colleagues, or friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch this recording for a storytelling workshop with Lisa Cron, author of<em> Wired for Story<\/em>, <em>Story Genius<\/em>, and most recently, <em>Story or Die: How to Use Brain Science to Engage, Persuade, and Change Minds in Business and in Life<\/em>. During this event, Lisa will help you zero in on writing strategies that will make readers want to keep going (hint: it\u2019s not always about beautiful writing), and how to get it on the page. By the end, you\u2019ll be able to hone in on what your story is really about before you start writing (or if you\u2019re in the midst of your umpteenth rewrite before you write another word). You&#8217;ll not only produce a more powerful narrative, chances are you&#8217;ll drastically reduce your rewrite time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Recording: Nail the Narrative: Storytelling Workshop\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1IwwKVyfq-Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-timestamp\">Timestamp: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Introduction (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1IwwKVyfq-Q?t=128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2:08<\/a>)<\/li><li>Tips to write well (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1IwwKVyfq-Q?t=346\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">5:46<\/a>)<\/li><li>Writing an effective story (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1IwwKVyfq-Q?t=575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">9:35<\/a>)<\/li><li>Debunking writing myths (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1IwwKVyfq-Q?t=805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">13:25<\/a>)<ul><li>What is a story? (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1IwwKVyfq-Q?t=836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">13:56<\/a>)<\/li><li>3 writing myths (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1IwwKVyfq-Q?t=1453\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">24:13<\/a>)<ul><li>Backstory (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1IwwKVyfq-Q?t=1474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">24:34<\/a>)<\/li><li>Character&#8217;s internal thoughts (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1IwwKVyfq-Q?t=1727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">28:47<\/a>)<\/li><li>Holding back information (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1IwwKVyfq-Q?t=2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">33:37<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Examples of effectifve writing <ul><li>(<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1IwwKVyfq-Q?t=2138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">35:38<\/a>)<\/li><li>(<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1IwwKVyfq-Q?t=2298\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">38:18<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Q&amp;A (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1IwwKVyfq-Q?t=2497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">41:37<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-top-storytelling-q-a-questions-resources\">Top Storytelling Q&amp;A Questions &amp; Resources <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>What are deceptively difficult storytelling goals? <\/strong><ul><li>In context, really what that means is whatever problem they&#8217;re facing, in the beginning, they want to think is really pretty simple going into it and it gets more and more difficult going into it. That in a nutshell is everything you try to do to make it better only makes it worse and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re talking about deceptively difficult problems.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>What is the relationship between misbeliefs in different lengths of stories, for example, a short story versus a novel?<\/strong><ul><li>That&#8217;s a great question, but a hard question to answer. I&#8217;m thinking in a short story, yeah it&#8217;s something where it is smaller or it&#8217;s one piece of it that suggests the whole if that makes sense. In a novel, you have much more time to dig deeper into the layers of the misbelief, which by that time has become so absorbed into the person&#8217;s life it&#8217;s in their reaction to everything that happens until it finally comes to the surface. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>In a business context, who do you see as your protagonist?<\/strong> <ul><li>In the business world, the protagonist is almost always the audience, the person whose mind you&#8217;re trying to change. You want the protagonist, if you&#8217;re talking about a business sense, it&#8217;s got to be the person you want to follow your call to action.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lisa&#8217;s Resources <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/215504\/wired-for-story-by-lisa-cron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Wired for Story<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/252747\/story-genius-by-lisa-cron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Story Genius<\/em><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/617855\/story-or-die-by-lisa-cron\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Story or Die<\/em><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\"><p>In this recording, you will learn how to craft intriguing stories and engage your audience\u2019s attention, whether they\u2019re strangers, colleagues, or friends.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":9169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - 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