HeyJaredWorld Builders | Nathan Baugh
Exploring the art and science of story to help you become a more effective storyteller.
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“You need to read this,” the text said. I popped open the essay and found myself nodding along. Here was an idea on storytelling I’d never heard before, explained beautifully.I reached out to the writer, Eric Falden, and he agreed to let me share it with you. I’m a reader of his newsletter, and it’s consistently excellent. You can check out Eric’s newsletter here.Now, I’ll get out of the way and let Eric take over:Thanks to Feed Media for sponsoring today’s World Builders<a href="https
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A week ago, my friend Jack Raines published a book called Young Money. He has this knack for telling great stories that both make you laugh and make you think. Not many people can do what he does, so I asked him to tear apart the story he tells in chapter 1 to show you exactly why it works and how the storyteller thought about building it. Enjoy.In the real-world, I have a selection of tried-and-true “stories” that I know play well in different settings. Happy hour stories guaranteed to draw a f
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Japanese author Haruki Murakami talks about a bizarre writing practice. When writing his first novel, he hated the first draft. He says it read as pretentious and “literary.”So he wrote the second draft in English, his second language.When asked about this, Murakami said, “I could only write in short, simple sentences. However complex and numerous the thoughts running around in my head, I couldn’t even attempt to set them down as they came to me.”If you’ve read a Murakami story, you know he does
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