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'Storyworthy' by Matthew Dicks is a transformative guide to storytelling, providing readers with techniques and sensibility to become better storytellers in any context. emphasizes the importance of finding storyworthy moments in everyday life and sharing them through engaging storytelling techniques. Dicks shares storytelling principles and guidelines that are specific, immediately actionable, and applicable to writers, speakers, and anyone looking to connect with audiences through storytelling.

Writing/Prose:

The prose is accessible and blends instructional writing with personal storytelling, though it can sometimes feel self-promotional.

Plot/Storyline:

The narrative revolves around the significance of storytelling and provides techniques to discover and share personal anecdotes.

Setting:

The setting centers around personal life experiences rather than a defined geographic location.

Pacing:

Pacing can feel sluggish due to redundancies and an overly lengthy presentation of ideas.

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Matthew Dicks is a celebrated storyteller, often regarded as the best in the storytelling world.
He shares methods like 'Homework for Life' to help people find their own stories.
The book emphasizes that every person's life is filled with stories worth telling.
Dicks encourages readers to discover the transformative moments in their daily lives.
His storytelling tips are applicable not just to writers but to anyone wanting to connect better with others.
Many readers found that the author's personal stories were both enlightening and self-promotional.
Some readers felt the book was longer than necessary and contained redundancies.
Dicks believes that storytelling is essential to human connection and sharing experiences.
Readers appreciate how the book provides specific, actionable storytelling guidelines.
Dicks' podcast, 'Speakup,' complements the ideas in 'Storyworthy' and provides further learning opportunities.

From The Publisher:

A five-time Moth GrandSLAM winner and bestselling novelist shows how to tell a great story - and why doing so matters .

Whether we realize it or not, we are always telling stories. On a first date or job interview, at a sales presentation or therapy appointment, with family or friends, we are constantly narrating events and interpreting emotions and actions. In this compelling book, storyteller extraordinaire Matthew Dicks presents wonderfully straightforward and engaging tips and techniques for constructing, telling, and polishing stories that will hold the attention of your audience (no matter how big or small). He shows that anyone can learn to be an appealing storyteller, that everyone has something "storyworthy" to express, and, perhaps most important, that the act of creating and telling a tale is a powerful way of understanding and enhancing your own life.

May 2018
370 pages

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