How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth

by Meg Bowles

I woke up with the line “Sometimes you have to figure out who you’re not before you can become who you are.” When I tried this line at the

Completing a story within a given time frame takes a lot of consideration and planning. Mark Twain is said to have quipped, “I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.” The same is true with stories. It takes practice to tell a ten-minute story and not include every ingredient.

Stories are what turn friends into family.

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