Storytelling techniques for when you run out of stories to tell
How many great stories do you have to tell? My bet is thousands, but you are probably thinking ‘I have no stories to tell’. It is a common feeling, especially when social media is full of people trying to show their ‘best life’. Storytelling has a perception of needing to be like the movies, where the extraordinary is best. When it comes to storytelling outside of the movies that isn’t the case. If you are communicating with people you need it to resonate, and that happens when they can relate to your story.
People relate to stories they see themselves in. Making your stories from everyday moments gives you a bank of stories from your life that other people have also experienced.
The ‘everyday moments’ storytelling technique
The majority of people have the same routine. They wake up, have breakfast, shower, travel to work, do their job, travel home, have dinner, watch TV etc. What happens in these moment are easy to relate to — it is something everyone has experienced. Telling stories from everyday moments is like telling the audience their story.
Let’s take the hit TV show How I Met Your Mother. The main character, Ted Mosby, tells his kids the stories that led to him meeting their mother. Each episode covers everyday moments in…
