| Cue | Notes | |
| Make me care | Story telling is joke telling | |
| The most important thing for stories is to make people care | ||
| Stories should give you a promise at the start | ||
| Theory of 2 plus 2 | As a storyteller, you must hide from the audience that they are “working for their meal.” | |
| Change is fundamental | If stories go static, they die | |
| “Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty.” | ||
| Story theme | It is important to invoke wonder into your audience | |
| All good stories have a theme | ||
| Use what you know, take truths from your experiences |
Summary
It is key when telling stories to make your audience care about the story. This is done by allowing the audience to piece things together, “Don’t give them 4, give them 2+2.” Change is also key to keeping your audience engaged, since static stories make people bored. Characters should have spines, as this is another way to keep the audience engaged. Finally, it is important that your story has a theme, so that the story can have a meaning to it.