Typically, we tend to tell stories in chronological order. “First this happened, then this happened and then this other thing happened.” What great storytellers often do is break that time barrier. They’ll start with the most exciting or emotionally engaging scene they can. Then after they play that out, they flash back in time to […]
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Create Tension for Better Stories
The lifeblood of any great story is tension. If you recounted a time where you woke up and everything was lovely, every person got along, and no problems presented themselves, it wouldn’t really be much of a story. Of course the story doesn’t have to be negative to be effective. For instance, you could tell […]
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