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Tag Archives: audience
Pairs, sequences and storytelling
The short video below, The Evolution of Storytelling, tells a story about stories. However, pay attention to how it tells its story. Listen to it and pay attention. You may have noticed pairs and sequences of threes. In fact, the … Continue reading →
Impractical pursuits and other questions
I have a post on Thoughtwrestling today called Nothing more to say – the secret brain. In it I mention something I call The Impractical Pursuits Project and I’m deliberately vague because I’ve not fully formed the idea in my … Continue reading →
What are stories?
Two words pop up in most dictionary definitions of the word story: people and events. Most of those definitions also include a word or phrase such as “the telling of,” or “the relating of.” So what we have is: people … Continue reading →
Mark Twain explains stories and social media
I decided to write a post titled, “How to write a story.” However, a quick Google search showed that Mark Twain had beaten me to it. How wonderful is that? He has a piece titled, “How to tell a story” … Continue reading →

Listen to the silence and pay attention
Noise is a common complaint about social media. We often say there is too much worthless chatter. When we say this, we’re complaining about content. It’s of no value to us; it’s all noise. For people like myself who work … Continue reading →