THE MYSTERY OF STORYTELLING
STORIES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR LIVES
Storytelling is considered an art….but there is much more to it
than meets the eye
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Most writers make the mistake of obsessively indulging their characters
At the cost of their audiences
I used to be alive…..then
I started reading this
book.
As a result, your audience turns on you
ON THE OTHER HAND THERE ARE A GOOD NUMBER OF WRITERS WHO HAVE WOOED THEIR AUDIENCES AND HAVE A CULT FOLLOWING
AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS…
So how do you go from killing your audience to thrilling them?
SO…YOU WANNA
KNOW THE SECRET?
THE SECRET TO BEING SUCCESSFUL IS BEING INFIDEL…………TOWARDS YOUR CHARACTERS.
INSTEAD THE RELATION WITH THE READER NEEDS TO
BE FIRMLY ESTABLISHED
THEY NEED TO BE ENTERTAINED
SO WHAT’S THE FORMULA TO ESTABLISHING A REALTIONSHIP WITH THE READERS?
2500 years ago Aristotle described the formula for writing a good story with 3 simple words
PITY
FEAR
CATHARSIS
PITY
THIS IS THE FEELING OF EMPATHY FOR THE CHARACTER / THE FEELING OF BEING ABLE TO RELATE TO HIS SITUATION.IT IS ACHIEVED BY PUTTING THE CHARACTER THROUGH SOME UNDESERVED MISFORTUNE.
Aww shucks! He's got a jerk of an
elder brother as well
FEAR
THIS IS THE FEELING OF FEAR FOR THE CHARACTER IN THE AUDIENCE WHICH ORIGINATES DUE TO THE EMOTIONAL CONNECT ESTABLISHED WITH HIM BY THE FEELING OF PITY.IT IS USUALLY ACHIEVED BY PLUNGING HIM INTO FURTHER MISTORTUNE.
No no you idiot!!..Don’t open the
box.That horrible brother of yours put a
spider in there
CATHARSIS
THIS THE FEELING OF EMOTIONAL RELEASE EXPERIENCED BY THE AUDIENCE WHEN THE CHARACTER IS PURGED OF HIS SITUATION AND REALEASED FROM JEOPARDY.
Haha…jerk’s been grounded for a
month!!..Now that li’lbrother of his can finally use the PlayStation as
much as he wants
Beethoven used almost the same 3 steps in his compositions to move his
audience
Suffering
StruggleOvercoming
So now we know….there
IS a formula…
So why are stories so important anyway?
STORIES HELP US REHEARSE OUR
EMOTIONS,WHICH ARE AN
INTEGRAL PART OF OUR LIVES
ANOTHER
IMPORTANT PART OF
STORYTELLING IS
KNOWING WHAT IS
RELEVANT TO THE
STORY AND KEEPING
IT TO JUST THAT
FAILURE TO DO SO RESULTS IN
THIS
ANOTHER TRICK TO
GET THE AUDIENCE
HOOKED,ESPECIALLY
IN MOVIES,IS THE
USE OF BEAUTIFUL
AND STRIKING
IMAGES
WE’RE ALL ABOUT
ACTION.WHO NEEDS
DIALOGUE?
AMERICAN
FILMS HAVE
FAR MORE
IMAGERY AND
FAR LESS
DIALOGUES
THAN BRITSH
MOVIES.
DAMN!!!IT’S LIKE I’M IN
THE MOVIE!! THIS HELPS
STIMULATE A
FEELING OF
AUDIENCE
PARTICIPATION
AND A GREATER
ENJOYMENT OF
THE MOVIE
IT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY
AMERICAN MOVIES DO MUCH
BETTER AT THE BOX OFFICE THAN
BRITISH FILMS
SO TO RECAP….
A good story needs :
To emotionally connect with the audience with
PITY,FEAR and CARTHASIS
To be RELEVANT in all its parts
Created by Deeptish Mukherjee,
Jadavpur University, during an internship by
Prof.Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow
www,IIMInternship.com
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