Storytelling is God’s idea. He gave us the good gift of imagination and the ability to tell stories of our own. And just as physical laws govern the universe, there are laws that determine whether our storytelling is effective. The following videos are the webinars I gave to our Cru creative media team about these principles.
Law #1 – Tell stories for the glory of God
Why create stories?
Why the glory of God?
Why do people consume stories?
Law #2 – Tell stories as an act of love
Make stories that people already want
Make stories that your “Timothy” wants
Make stories that love everyone involved
Law #3 – Tell stories full of creativity and order
Basic structure: change through conflict
Six types of conflict
Outlining with the Snowflake Method
Law #4 – Tell stories with honesty and courage
Honest characters
Truthful stories
Courageous storytellers