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Good Storytellers Are Happier in Life and in Love

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Re: Good Storytellers Are Happier in Life and in Love

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Post by dualogy »

enraged_camel wrote: post #53
Theodores wrote: post #22

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Storytelling is learned as a child, think about it - every day child comes home and tells mummy all about their day. In this circumstance mummy can say 'very good, now play over there!' or they can ask questions about the story, e.g. ask for details to be explained or parts told again. It is this storytelling ability learned as a child rather than anything that can be done as an adult. You could learn and master ever…

>>But have you noticed people that you work with go somewhere fantastic and then have nothing to say about it? Bad storytelling!!! I'm not a bad storyteller. I just like to think about the future and discuss ideas with people, rather than think about the past and discuss events.

Cool story

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Post by Theodores »

pbz wrote: post #49
Theodores wrote: post #22

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Storytelling is learned as a child, think about it - every day child comes home and tells mummy all about their day. In this circumstance mummy can say 'very good, now play over there!' or they can ask questions about the story, e.g. ask for details to be explained or parts told again. It is this storytelling ability learned as a child rather than anything that can be done as an adult. You could learn and master ever…

Wow, what an insightful post! What are some of these "big books" you alluded to?

Things like McKee`s Story, teaches people how to write for soaps and the like where there is a team of writers and some complex process.

I believe that those books are only any good if you are good, i.e. able to write confidently and break the rules :-)

I don`t believe in going over technical on these things, normally I want to actually tell a story rather than have people tuning in to commercials and a whole series.

But it is necessary to be able to at least know of story structures useful to take your audience on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. Doing that through practice rather than because some book recommends it is the way though, practice!!!

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Post by bbctol »

dominotw wrote: post #30
jimintdmeont wrote: post #18

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What should I read to learn more about "our internal and external conflicts"? Genuinely interested

I've become a huge fan of Jiddu Krishnamurthi over the last year. A bunch of his talks on youtube.

So you don't like charlatans with poorly supported explanations of human behavior... but you're a fan of Jiddu Krishnamurti?

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Post by internaut »

curiousgal wrote: post #4
shenanigoat wrote: post #3

"The men didn’t care whether the women were good storytellers, the research showed."

Men generally have lower standards. A while ago, I ran two Tinder bots connected to CleverBot; one with a female account and the other with a male account (Both with attractive pictures). Female matches did not tolerate the male bot talking gibberish, while male matches went out of their way to try and make sense of what the female bot was saying. Hilarious as it was, I had to cut it because it was immoral.

> Hilarious as it was, I had to cut it because it was immoral.

But you were really doing science!

Take inspiration from Dr Herbert West.

http://www.ourfaircity.com/2012/02/really-doing-science/

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Post by dominotw »

bbctol wrote: post #63
dominotw wrote: post #30

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I've become a huge fan of Jiddu Krishnamurthi over the last year. A bunch of his talks on youtube.

So you don't like charlatans with poorly supported explanations of human behavior... but you're a fan of Jiddu Krishnamurti?

you are the second person saying this, really curious what the negative sentiment is about . Why do you think he is a charlatan?

I chanced upon his talks via youtube recommendation.

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Post by rosser »

dominotw wrote: post #60
rosser wrote: post #52

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I find it difficult to reconcile the rageface you display in your original comment on this thread with your being a Krishnamurthi fan.

How so? I am not an expert on his work by any means but I am curious about what makes you say that.

Well, for the obvious starter, because K was all about accepting things as they are with equanimity, and not getting tangled up in the stories we have in our heads about how things "should" or "shouldn't" be.

It's my understanding that equanimity and rageface are kinda, you know, mutually exclusive.

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