From the course: Telling a Story to Build a Community

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Story types to grow

Story types to grow

From the course: Telling a Story to Build a Community

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Story types to grow

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- Hi, welcome to lesson two. And the question for this lesson is? What are some of the different types of stories that we might want to tell when building our community? So whenever I start working with an awesome person like you to uncover your story, I always break stories down into three pretty broad categories to start. Right. Most stories are either an origin story, a transformation story, or a growth story. Right. So let's say you're starting a new project, this is going to be an origin story. If you think of any great superhero, they always start somewhere. So the question for an origin story is, why are you doing this? And why now? And why are you the right person to do it? And what will the impact be on whoever you're speaking to. Right. Even if it's a short film or a solo performance piece, the reason you're doing it in the story has to be related to the person you're speaking to. Otherwise, why…

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