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Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling by Matthew Dicks
1 review
now_booking's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
*3.5 Stars*
This is a really good story crafting book that covers everything from how to come up with a good story ideas, what makes a good story, and how to actually craft a compelling story. It has a few great exercises that one can adopt to find compelling stories worth telling within the otherwise mundane events from our daily lives and our pasts.
My favourite thing I learned from this about compelling storytelling is how to make any story compelling by identifying your compelling 5-second moment of change. I think this is an interesting book where the author, wisely used some of his own stories to illustrate key ideas. I found his deconstruction of his stories really interesting and filled with teachable moments. That said, I’m not sure everyone will be a compelling storyteller like the author no matter how many of his exercises and assignments you do, because the fact is, he has just simply lived an incredibly eventful and interesting life. However, I think this is a great book to help you analyze what makes a story story-worthy and how to tell better stories. This is a book for if you’re looking to tell impactful personal stories of your experiences. This might not necessarily be helpful if you’re not looking for help with personal narratives- unless you want to use your personal story in some way for your project or business. But even being not much of a non-fiction reader, I really enjoyed this and learned a lot and found value in reading it.
This is a really good story crafting book that covers everything from how to come up with a good story ideas, what makes a good story, and how to actually craft a compelling story. It has a few great exercises that one can adopt to find compelling stories worth telling within the otherwise mundane events from our daily lives and our pasts.
My favourite thing I learned from this about compelling storytelling is how to make any story compelling by identifying your compelling 5-second moment of change. I think this is an interesting book where the author, wisely used some of his own stories to illustrate key ideas. I found his deconstruction of his stories really interesting and filled with teachable moments. That said, I’m not sure everyone will be a compelling storyteller like the author no matter how many of his exercises and assignments you do, because the fact is, he has just simply lived an incredibly eventful and interesting life. However, I think this is a great book to help you analyze what makes a story story-worthy and how to tell better stories. This is a book for if you’re looking to tell impactful personal stories of your experiences. This might not necessarily be helpful if you’re not looking for help with personal narratives- unless you want to use your personal story in some way for your project or business. But even being not much of a non-fiction reader, I really enjoyed this and learned a lot and found value in reading it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Miscarriage
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