Two Questions Every Story Should Answer

In this fast paced life we live in, the art of storytelling hasn’t really changed much over the years. The art of storytelling is embodied in every culture and shifts to favor the audience. In this generation stories are projected a lot of times through media, books, and word of mouth.

According to the dynamics of writing, it states that every story should answer the following questions: “What happened?” and “Why do I care?” This gives freedom to the storyteller to be able to control how they want their audience to answer.

There are three main elements that all authors should avoid in their storytelling and they are, soft language, jargon and self-importance. Soft language alludes to the audience that the author is beating around the bust. Jargon can bring significance to a story. but it can also exhaust it, so it’s a tight rope that the author may walk on. Lastly, too much self-importance in a story can take away from the entire theme and leave the audience searching for their “Why.”

One of the hardest parts of writing a story is answering the why for someone else. Often times many people don’t see things the way the author may see it, so it is important that the message is easy understand, or that the message is adaptable to the audience. If the message is adaptable then it can reach different audiences, even though the way it is presented may shift. This will allow multitudes of consumers to connect to the topic.