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One illusion we have is that a great storyteller is great the first time with no practice or anything. Hangout with someone who tells good stories and you will
by firefoxd 9y ago
One illusion we have is that a great storyteller is great the first time with no practice or anything.
Hangout with someone who tells good stories and you will hear the same story come back often. The more they tell it, the more it sounds like it is the very first time they tell it.
I watched a lot of videos from Seth Godin, even the jokes are the exact same, but everytime the audience is hearing it for the first time.
So yeah. Practice.
Edit: typo
- emerongi 9y agoHow to deal with people who tend to re-tell the same stories all the time? Someone very close to me keeps telling me the same stories every time I meet them (a few times per year) and it's very annoying. Sometimes I kind of finish their story as soon as they start telling it and I feel like this has been the least offensive, but I can't do that for like 3 stories in a row. I can't tell them to just stop. They really like telling these stories. But if it's a 5-minute story and I've already heard it 5 times before, it's just not fun at all.
- windowsworkstoo 9y agoHoly shit just say "oh yeah you told me this one" or just be a good mate and hear it out and have a laugh, dont overthink it