Storytelling is a money-printing skill.
But it's damn hard to find good resources to master it.
Here are 7 frameworks that any beginner can use ( right away) :
But it's damn hard to find good resources to master it.
Here are 7 frameworks that any beginner can use ( right away) :
1. Monomyth
The most popular framework across all the religious books and Disney.
Where our hero leaves their home to find a solution.
Only to end up in an unknown and uncomfortable place.
But they overcome all the obstacles and return home with revolutionary knowledge.
The most popular framework across all the religious books and Disney.
Where our hero leaves their home to find a solution.
Only to end up in an unknown and uncomfortable place.
But they overcome all the obstacles and return home with revolutionary knowledge.
2. The Mountain
If you want to build tension before reaching the climax, this technique is the best.
Story mountains typically include:
• Introduction to characters and setting
• Opening
• Problem
• Climax
• Resolution
• Lesson
Most TV series follow this.
If you want to build tension before reaching the climax, this technique is the best.
Story mountains typically include:
• Introduction to characters and setting
• Opening
• Problem
• Climax
• Resolution
• Lesson
Most TV series follow this.
3. Nested loops
This one has 3 different stories at the same time.
Your main story, Second story to help the main story, and Antagonist story.
All should have at least 1 link in common.
1st story will finish last, 2nd before that & so on.
The classic Hero v/s Villain tale.
This one has 3 different stories at the same time.
Your main story, Second story to help the main story, and Antagonist story.
All should have at least 1 link in common.
1st story will finish last, 2nd before that & so on.
The classic Hero v/s Villain tale.
4. Sparklines
The world's most famous speech by Martin Luther King Jr. used this framework in his iconic speech " I have a dream".
By alternating the story from :
• What is v/s What could be
• Current v/s Ideal world
Sparking a desire in the audience.
The world's most famous speech by Martin Luther King Jr. used this framework in his iconic speech " I have a dream".
By alternating the story from :
• What is v/s What could be
• Current v/s Ideal world
Sparking a desire in the audience.
5. In medias res
In this framework, you begin the story in the heat of action.
You drop them to the climax of your story and leave them hanging to find out how this even happened.
Here's a Ted talk by Zak Ebrahim.
" I am the song of terrorist.."
In this framework, you begin the story in the heat of action.
You drop them to the climax of your story and leave them hanging to find out how this even happened.
Here's a Ted talk by Zak Ebrahim.
" I am the song of terrorist.."
6. False start
This framework is where you start your story with something very obvious and predictable.
Only to fire all the cannons and make the story take a complete U-turn.
The story restarts every time to make little progress.
The source code is an apt example.
This framework is where you start your story with something very obvious and predictable.
Only to fire all the cannons and make the story take a complete U-turn.
The story restarts every time to make little progress.
The source code is an apt example.
7. Petal Structure
Another technique where you can have multiple stories, but unlike Nested loops, this one doesn't have 1 main story.
Start telling 1 story at a time.
Connect these stories from individual to a part of 1 big idea, a Grand finale.
Game of thrones executes this
Another technique where you can have multiple stories, but unlike Nested loops, this one doesn't have 1 main story.
Start telling 1 story at a time.
Connect these stories from individual to a part of 1 big idea, a Grand finale.
Game of thrones executes this
TL: DR
7 eternal storytelling frameworks :
1. Monomyth
2. Sparklines
3. False start
4. In medias res
5. Nested loops
6. The Mountain
7. Petal Structure
7 eternal storytelling frameworks :
1. Monomyth
2. Sparklines
3. False start
4. In medias res
5. Nested loops
6. The Mountain
7. Petal Structure
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