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Best storytellers use a simple five-step framework I call [music] onion.
O for objective. What does the character desperately want?
N for novelty. What's unexpected [music] about the story?
I for imagery. Can we actually see the moment as if it was a movie playing in our [music] heads?
O for obstacle. Is there something emotional, something that goes wrong?
N for nugget. What's the deeper lesson underneath it all? That's onion. [music]
Use this framework in your next story and follow for more simple storytelling techniques.