If you believe that storytelling is something you want—or need—to do, I strongly recommend picking it up. It’s one of those rare books that’s practical, insightful, and easy to follow.

What’s the last book you read that stuck with you?

#Storyworthy #StaySAFE (3/3)

But here’s what makes it brilliant: Dicks has mastered the art of short-form, first-person storytelling to near perfection. And he’s managed to package that skill into an actionable book that helps readers not only understand storytelling but actually do it. (2/3)

Thank you for following along! In the next part, we’ll explore how to find your audience’s emotional hook. (6/6)
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Memories happen in real time, but stories live in compressed time. And that’s what makes them stick. What’s a memory you could reshape into a story by cutting the fluff and highlighting the heart? (5/6)

Instead, I’d zero in on the turning point: the moment she said something that made me rethink the structure entirely. That’s how stories work. You keep the emotional core of the memory intact while shaping the rest to fit the audience’s attention span. (4/6)

You focus on the essential pieces—the ones that build to your 5-second moment.
For example, if I were telling you about the time my wife gave me feedback on my book draft, I wouldn’t include every single word we exchanged. (3/6)

One key difference? Compressed time.
In a memory, you might remember every detail: the long pauses, the side conversations, the unnecessary back-and-forth. But in a story, all of that is cut. (2/6)

If, by some chance, the algorithm serves this post to someone who keeps a diary and has read this far, please share: How long have you been at it? I’d love to hear your experience. (2/2)

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#StaySAFE #Storytelling (5/5)

It’s not about living a dramatic life—it’s about developing the skill to identify the #Storyworthy moments buried in the pile of everyday events.

In the next part, I’ll share Matthew Dicks’ method for spotting these moments in your own life. (4/5)

By the end of this review series, I’ll share one of my own stories—something completely mundane that became meaningful once I saw its 5-second moment.
And here’s the truth:

we all have these stories. (3/5)

they’re about the mundane moments we all experience.

The key is finding the 5-second moment within those everyday events. The moment where something shifts, where you realize something, or where life feels a little sharper. (2/5)

I’ll explore more of this idea how intimate moments cut deep in my next post, I'll just say that this book made me think to myself "Im not crying, you are!" on several occasions.

Thank you for reading—let’s keep the story going. Like and Follow!
Storyworthy #StaySAFE (5/5)

Gollum’s obsession. It’s messy, unpredictable, profoundly real. This is the 5-second moment where the entire story pivots. It’s not the grand battles or epic speeches that make Lord of the Rings unforgettable. It’s the raw humanity of failure and the messy miracle of redemption that follows. (4/5)

This failure isn’t just dramatic—it’s human. It tells us that no one, not even the purest soul, is perfect. The story shows that Frodo’s real triumph wasn’t destroying the Ring but getting that far in the first place. Victory comes, not from Frodo’s heroism, but from chance and chaos—(3/5)

After nearly 11 hours of storytelling (683 minutes in the extended editions), it all boils down to this: Frodo stands at the edge of Mount Doom, the weight of Middle-earth’s fate on his shoulders. And he fails.
Frodo doesn’t destroy the Ring. He succumbs to its power and claims it for himself. (2/5)