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There are many secrets to storytelling, but there is one fundamental truth above all others that must be understood before a storyteller can ever be successful:
All great stories — regardless of length or depth or tone — tell the story of a five-second moment in a person’s life.
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Let me say it again: Every great story ever told is essentially about a five-second moment in the life of a human being, and the purpose of the story is to bring that moment to the greatest clarity possible.
Storyworthy
Matthew Dicks
Those who go so far as to boast about things out loud actually have no confidence in themselves. As Adler clearly indicates, “The one who boasts does so only out of a feeling of inferiority.”
The Courage to Be Disliked
Ichiro Kishimi
Brains love control. It’s their heaven. They’re constantly battling to get there. It’s surely no coincidence that control is the defining quality in the hero of the world’s most successful story. The star of the majority of religious sagas is ‘God’. He can do anything. He always knows what to do, He knows what’s coming, He knows what’s happened and He has unrestricted access to everyone’s most private gossip.
The Science of Storytelling
Will Storr
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