A Storytelling Coach More details here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravishankar-iyer/
Welcome to the thirty-second edition of '3-2-1 by Story Rules'.
A newsletter recommending good examples of storytelling across:
Let's dive in.
If you write from your heart, you probably don't need to bother with the rules of writing.
My unsolicited take on this issue:
(Brace yourself, another long tweet coming up!)
Some fascinating implications of self-driving cars. Thought-provoking, even if you don't agree with the scenarios.
a. 'PowerPoint is widely reviled. How did it triumph?' by Tim Harford
I think making PowerPoint the villain is a lazy call. The real culprit is a lack of thinking clarity and visual sense.
I do agree with the second para in this extract from the article:
Also, I cannot agree more with this:
This crazy story chronicles the happenings in a small village called Molipur in Gujarat, where some Russian fraudsters coaxed a bunch of enterprising Indians into creating a fake cricket league. The fake matches were then streamed on a shady YouTube channel - with the intent of getting people to bet on them.
(What's with humanity's craze for gambling anyway?!)
The details are fascinating:
📺 a. Kutti Stories with R Ashwin and Harsha Bhogle
I just love this conversation series between the cricketer R. Ashwin and the 'Voice of Cricket', Harsha Bhogle about the history of the ODI cricket world cups.
Even in a nation filled with cricket nerds, Harsha's knowledge of cricket trivia is encyclopedic. His ability to recollect instances from almost 50 years back is staggering.
What is also remarkable is how he doesn't allow the curse of knowledge to impact his narration. He speaks in a way that even laypersons can easily understand and relate to. His choice of words, the voice modulation, the genuine passion... this guy is a rockstar.
One complaint: The format of the video is a bit grating. By requiring to have 'segments', the natural flow of the conversation keeps getting broken. I would have loved for it to be more long-form and free-flowing.
That's all from this week's edition.
Ravi
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