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Telling Stories with Matthew Dicks, Writer and GrandSlam Champion on The Moth

Telling Stories with Matthew Dicks, Writer and GrandSlam Champion on The Moth

Update: 2020-02-11

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How Matt got into writing and storytelling in high school (1:40 )
Storytelling as means of self-exploration and meaning (10:30 )
Matt’s process in crafting a story to tell (16:35 )
“What is a story?” (17:15 )
Workshop: Matt crafts a story for us in real-time (26:50 )
Contrast makes things interesting (42:00 )
Scenes: placing stories in physical locations, avoiding exposition (46:39 )
“Where do you think we go after we die?” (67:00 )

Find Matt's books, podcasts, and everything else at matthewdicks.com

Find Matt's book on storytelling, "Storyworthy" at http://www.matthewdicks.com/storyworthy

Find more of Mark Dragicevic's music (composed one of the interlude songs) at https://soundcloud.com/cactusbloom

And thanks to Tape Works in Hartford, CT for the recording space and sound engineering help: https://www.tapeworksinc.com/

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Telling Stories with Matthew Dicks, Writer and GrandSlam Champion on The Moth

Telling Stories with Matthew Dicks, Writer and GrandSlam Champion on The Moth

Matthew Dicks, Ezra Justin Lee, Mark Dragicevic