Storytelling: How to reveal the Holy Grail of your story

The art of storytelling. While others believe one has to be simply gifted, others believe it can be learnt. Creating stories have not changed since ancient times. We are easily aroused by interesting introductions, complicated puzzles yet solvable, adventures and character development.

With the vast amount of content out there today, it is quite difficult to impress anyone with the regular subtle story. It's important to apply gamification to easily make the reader put himself as the subject of the story. You will not instantly become a storyteller just by reading this article. With enough practice and experiment, you will be surprised by the results.

Begin with an Idea

Storytelling is not always fun and games. It's getting the attention of the audience and almost taking over their minds and bodies. Unfold their blunt imagination and make them feel good they stumbled upon your content.

Have a sensible timeline.

The feeling of enjoying one's read then suddenly not understanding where the character is, what time it is, or worse, what they are referring too is frustrating. If it were a book I bought that had to make me feel that way I would probably skip a chapter or two. For an online article or a youtube video, I'll just open another one.

Keep your story connected. If you need a recap or a side story, let it relate to the main content and connect it back to the main storyline without much effort.

Give compelling examples

When an example is required, be sure to dive into it with a cord connecting to your main story. Don't make it too detailed or too long. Remember to always bring it to the main idea. Ask yourself why that side story is so important to the main story.

Always draw conclusion and forecast

cliffhangers. Those are good for the hype of the next episode of a “series movie”. Imagine if a person was to leave a cliffhanger during a job interview. How great would that be? I guess he plans to finish the story after he gets hired.

Conclude at the end of your story. If the cockroach lived in misery ever after, so be it. It is your story. If you started an idea be sure to finish it.