Matthew Dicks

Storyworthy

Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A four-time Moth GrandSLAM winner and bestselling novelist shows how to tell a great story — and why doing so matters

Produktdetails

• Verlag: New World Library
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9781608685486
• ISBN-10: 1608685489
• Artikelnr.: 48810413

Autorenporträt

Matthew Dicks is a bestselling novelist, thirty-six-time Moth StorySLAM champion, and five-time GrandSLAM champion. In addition to his widespread teaching, writing, and performing, he cofounded (with his wife) Speak Up, which produces sold-out storytelling performances throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York at least once a month. He lives in Newington, Connecticut.

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: FINDING YOUR STORY Chapter 1: A Coward Tells a Story Chapter 2: What Is a Story? (and What Is the Dinner Test?) Chapter 3: Homework for Life Chapter 4: Dreaming at the End of Your Pen Chapter 5: First/Last/Best/Worst: Great for Long Car Rides, First Dates, and Finding Stories PART TWO: CRAFTING YOUR STORY Chapter 6:
Charity Thief
Chapter 7: Every Story Only Takes Five Seconds to Tell (and Jurassic Park Wasn
t a Movie About Dinosaurs) Chapter 8: Finding Your Beginning (I
m Also About to Ruin Most Movies and Many Books Forever for You) Chapter 9: Stakes - Five Ways to Keep Your Story Compelling (and Why There Are Dinosaurs in Jurassic Park) Chapter 10: The Five Permissible Lies of True Storytelling Chapter 11: Cinema of the Mind (Also Known As
Where the Hell Are You?
) Chapter 12: The Principle of But and Therefore Chapter 13:
This Is Going to Suck
Chapter 14: The Secret to the Big Story: Make it Little Chapter 15: There Is Only Way to Make Someone Cry Chapter 16: Milk Cans and Balls. Babies and Blenders: Simple, Effective Ways to be Funny in Storytelling (Even If Yoüre Not Funny at All) Chapter 17: Finding the Frayed Ending of Your Story (Or
What the Hell Did That Mean?) PART 3: TELLING YOUR STORY Chapter 18: The Present Tense is King (But the Queen Can Play a Role, Too) Chapter 19: If You Practice Storytelling or Public Speaking in a Mirror, Read This. If You Don
t, Skip It. Chapter 20: The Two Ways of Telling a Hero Story (Or
How to Avoid Sounding Like a Douchebag) Chapter 21:Storytelling Is Time Travel (If You Don
t Muck It Up) Chapter 22: Words to Say. Words to Avoid. Chapter 23: Time to Perform (On the Stage, in the Board Room, on a Date, or at the Thanksgiving Table) Chapter 24: Why Did You Read This Book? To Become a Superhero.