Why did Luke’s family and Obi Wan have to die?
As I prepare for my talk at Starcon on Tjhu, I wonder: Why did Luke’s family have to be killed before hewas […]
Category: Story Secrets for Speakers
A series of posts on seven ways in which sspeakers can use story-strategy to move their audiences.
Story Secrets for Speakers #7 – Die with grace
Can you remember the shock you felt in the Lion King when Simb’s father, Mufasa dies? Or when Gandalf is overcome in […]
Story Secrets for Speakers #6 – When the world is against me
You painted a picture of the possibility (Secret #1). Then you lead your audience past their doubts and reservations about their […]
Story Secrets for Speakers #5 – Who is in this with me?
If you have overcome personal resistance, relational resistance and practical resistance, you are now ready to tackle social resistance. Every person in […]
Story secrets for Speakers #4 – Your Secret Weapon
Every speaker faces resistance. If you have done a good job of Painting a Picture of the Possibility , Story Secret #1, […]
Story Secrets for Speakers #3: Demonstrate your magic
Why should your audience trust you? Once you have painted a picture of the possibility (Story Secret #1) and you have overcome […]
Story Secrets for Speakers #2: Call on the Hero’s Character
Once the audience catches on to a new idea, a new way of viewing a problem reframed as a possibility (Story Secret […]
Story Secrets for Speakers #1: Paint a Picture of the Possibility
What made James in Roald Dahl;s ‘James and the Giant Peach’ climb inside a giant peach, befriend life size bugs and steer […]