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Category: Storytelling News

Story Luck People on Story Collider

Susan on Story Collider

Story Luck loves to participate in other people’s shows. Story Collider was a great experience. Timely emails and tons of check ins, helpful suggestions. Good back and forth discussions. Not a Science Story but Maybe a Collider This was the hardest story to work on. I’m proud of it, but not confident. One of the …

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Story Arc or How to Keep Your Audience’s Attention

The idea of a story arc is a concept you’re probably familiar with. We talk about it a lot in our Workshop Workshop because we’ve found it a versatile tool. The Workshop Crew uses it to think about and reason through our stories. It’s a way of mapping tension inside of the three act structure. …

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Story Luck’s Workshop Workshop Featuring Shweta

Shweta featuring workshop workshop

Story Luck’s weekly dive into the Workshop Workshop format continues on Monday with special guest, Shweta. March 26th at 6pm central we will be having a lesson on storytelling and exploring two stories. The Story Luck Crew, along with a host of regulars in the Twitch chat will help us to actively listen. Thereby we …

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10 From Steve Martin’s Masterclass (1 Big Takeaway)

Steve Martin Masterclass

We are slowly going through all the writer Masterclasses as part of our affiliate program. With each new author we start off with a top ten list and then dive into the meat of the courses via 2-3 long form articles and thought pieces. There we get into the nitty gritty of each 6hr course. …

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Workshop Workshop Featuring Tim Barnes

Workshop Workshop Tim Barnes

Tim Barnes is a Los Angeles born Brooklyn-based comedian and writer whose absurdist humor brings light to social issues from unexpected angles.

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99 Second Story by Jeff Stein

Jeff Stein 99 Second Storyteller

Jeff Stein is an award winning storyteller and toastmaster. Here he shares a 99 second story with Story Luck for our 99 Second Storytelling Contest.

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Jeff Baltes shares a 99 second story with Story Luck

This 99 Second story contest entry by Jeff Baltes came to us via the virality embedded in our 99 Second Challenge. Join us May 31st for more!

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5L1K and the Importance of Listening Well

Listening is a skill

A big part of our Workshop! Workshop! lessons is that everything’s a skill, and if you practice you’ll get better. Listening is a skill. It’s an almost meditative skill. Often, we don’t think about listening as being a skill because so much of our listening has become passive listening. Passive listening is hearing the person …

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99 Second Story by Walt Belcher

Walt Belcher Tells a 99 Second Story

On March 31st we will be sharing all of the stories people shared with us over the past two months during our 99 Second Story Contest. There you’ll be able to vote on this one!

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Doug Lipman, Listening, and 5L1K

These posts are adapted from the 20 minute lessons on story telling presented by Dan at the beginning of our Workshop! Workshop! show. All links are affiliate links. Here at Story Luck we really liked Doug Lipman’s Book on Storytelling. It’s a huge influence on us. I want to relay an anecdote Doug recounts in …

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