No Experts Allowed is a philosophy of putting the beginner mindset first.
We are in this together to create more, consistently.
Tag: Dan Boyd
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Jun 24 2022
All the Books on Storytelling I’ve Read in 2022
I’ve read 25+ books on the art and craft of storytelling. Here’s a quick 3 sentence summary of what I’ve read so far this year. One major take away or what I enjoyed. For those who are interested, every book here links to amazon, if you buy it we will make money off that purchase. …
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Feb 12 2022
You Want to Change Lives With Your Story. This Storytelling Class is For You.
Storytelling, Voice and Sense of Self – Advanced Sessions February 28th thru April 14th 2022 You’re lucky to live in a world where all it takes is a story to change someone’s life forever. Your stories, properly told, are a conduit for positive change. This class, will teach you how to connect to the people …
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Aug 16 2021
An Interview as Means of Understanding Technique. Noah Firestone Talks With Storyteller, Dan Boyd.
Noah Firestone asks Dan Boyd some deep philosophical questions about portraying different characters while telling personal stories.
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Mar 30 2021
Story Luck People 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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Mar 05 2021
Top Ten Things I Learned from Snark King, David Sedaris’s Master Class (And my biggest takeaway.)
David Sedaris has about 6hrs of content on Masterclass. After going through the course, here are my top 10 biggest take aways. For further reading about our review system go back to the first article here. (Affiliate Link) 1. Write all day. 4hrs minimum. 2. The opening line is everything. 3. Writing is rewriting. 4. …
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Feb 26 2021
Narrator Vs Character an Overview
Noah wrote 6 articles about this subject over the past two months. Here is the list of the articles all in one place, and a slight overview. Storytelling is a skill, similar to shooting a basketball or learning to code. You get better the more you do a dedicated kind of practice. Dedicated practice means, …
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Feb 11 2021
Heidi Grandberry Featuring
Heidi Grandberry was brought into this world against her will. Her childhood was spent in the Midwest where she became fluent in the language of Passive Aggression. Her comedy is dark while simultaneously engaging and thoughtful.
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Feb 08 2021
A Quick Example of Narrator Vs Character
These posts are adapted from the 20 minute lessons on story telling presented by Dan at the beginning of our Workshop! Workshop! show. I want to continue with the theme from the post the other day where we talked about how in first person narrative, you as the narrator is separate from you as a …
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Feb 02 2021
Character Vs Narrator Where is Your Sympathy
These posts are adapted from the 20 minute lessons on story telling presented by Dan at the beginning of our Workshop! Workshop! show. Building off of what we talked about the other day, which is the concept that you as 1st person narrator can be separate from you as a character. This gives you a …
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The Hot Girl Game is Best Played with Women You Trust. (A Bad Feminist Story.)
“Dan, do you want to play the hot girl game?”
Valarie is one of my oldest Chicago friends and she is coy with sly winks, and surprise happy shouts you come to expect. This mirth is tempered by the…
Reasons I Don’t Use the Word Feminist Out Loud
Growing up an early Millennial all my female friends would say, “I’m not a feminist.”
This would follow a string of feminist beliefs they did hold. And I’d say, “Yeah. I’m for all that.” And they’d explain, they didn’t like the…
Today's the last day of my Easter holiday and I'm going to make it a build day.
After probably 25 years of thinking about it, I'm going to finally build myself a website.
Will update this thread as I go.
I am addicted to rock climbing and I hate every minute of it.
For years, I’d poo-pooed rock climbing.
Why wouldn’t I go running instead?
Now that I’ve tried it… I know… running would be way healthier and more efficient. (Swimmers are giving me the, “If you really want a…
