Well as some of you may know, I just wrapped up a week at the Visual Story Network Conference here in Fort Lauderdale. It was a fruitful time and many good friendships were made. A wide variety of people attended including hollywood film people, non-profit execs, and business/investors as well…
I learned a lot about the truth of storytelling and what an impact it can have on someone’s life. One of the books mentioned in the conference as a “must read” was the book “Story” by Robert McKee. A man universally regarded as the world’s premier screenwriting teacher. He has taught more than 35,000 grad students.
Well, I’m no screenwriter.
But I tell you that in every aspect of what i do in the media industry, whether it be documentary or 4 min promotionals or telling a friend a story, I will be using the techniques found in this book. Its not a quick read (417 pages). I started the journey around 2 hours ago and tackled a mere 40 pages. In that 40 pages, I learned more than I have ever learned in any schooling or classroom setting on story development.
$35.00 book = lifetime of dynamic storytelling.
a worthy investment. pick up a copy.
I have found that everything if life is a story. Every conversation and every encounter. As I walked off the plane from Baltimore every encounter I had with people, I was thinking it in story form. Its weird that you can control/recognize the “ebb and flow” of conversations when you think like a story. Everything you do is forming a story. What’s your story?
