Tuesday, 4 November 2014

Telling Stories part 2

1. Use a hook
A “hook” is your opener; it’s the way of getting your audience’s attention. Normally a “Hook” is question or quote that immediately hooks your listener or reader.  A good mystery is a good start of a story to get the audience intrigued and interested In the plot.
                                                                                                                                       
2. Tell the story
A story needs a natural flow that keeps and audience’s attention without boring or losing them. If you simply state what happens you will lose your audience as you need to make it interesting for them without going over the top. You also need to engage them with questions and mysteries. Just remember that any question you raise, you’ll need to answer. Otherwise, you’ll leave the listener in perpetual suspense.

3. Plot
There needs to be a clear story of what is going on and a set of characters to follow along the story with. A plot is the term to define events that make up a story. One is generally interested in how well the events convey the story as a whole.

3. Reflect

By the end of your story there needs to be a message or morale for the audience, a reason for telling them the story. It may be to encourage, inspire or cause you to think differently about a subject. At the end of your story, take a moment to reflect on what you have told and if everything that is needed is answered for them. It helps to look back on what point you started with as this helps to highlight the moral of the story.

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