This document discusses techniques for crafting stories that engage audiences. It provides examples of compelling story openings, the importance of character and action, and using anticipation and fulfillment to keep viewers interested. Effective storytelling involves showing rather than telling, building layers of understanding, and getting audiences to willingly suspend their disbelief in the narrative. Stories should have meaning and interpretation beyond just informing.
9. The Last man
alive on Earth
sat alone in a
room. There
was a knock at
the door.
"KNOCK" BY FREDERICK BROWN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_(short_story)
10. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by pasukaru76: http://flickr.com/photos/pasukaru76/3694736727/
11. IF WE DON'T REMEMBER ME http://iwdrm.tumblr.com/post/12284715341
33. LOST FLASH DRIVE - REMIXED THEN RETURNED
http://youtu.be/IG1ZkW_u_Bw
34. THIS AMERICAN LIFE: EPISODE 206 SOMEWHERE IN THE ARABIAN SEA
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/206/somewhere-in-the-arabian-sea
41. PAUL ZAK: EMPATHY, NEUROCHEMISTRY,AND THE DRAMATIC ARC
http://youtu.be/DHeqQAKHh3M
42. RANDY OLSON: DON'T BE SUCH A SCIENTIST
http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Be-Such-Scientist-Substance/dp/1597265632
43. "IT'S A SIMPLE AS TWO
THINGS: AROUSE AND
FULFILL.
YOU NEED TO FIRST AROUSE
YOUR AUDIENCE AND THEN
GET THEM INTERESTED IN
WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY;
THEN YOU NEED TO FULFILL
THEIR EXPECTATIONS."
47. "...A SEMBLANCE OF TRUTH
SUFFICIENT TO PROCURE FOR
THESE SHADOWS OF
IMAGINATION THAT WILLING
SUSPENSION OF
DISBELIEF FOR THE MOMENT,
WHICH CONSTITUTES POETIC
FAITH."
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_disbelief