Storytelling Mastery

By the end

What you'll build

• Structure any story with a proven six-part arc — setup, spark, struggle, insight, climax, lesson
• Master five narrative styles: retold tales, personal stories, fables with a moral, emotional stories, and true stories
• Use the voice toolkit — tempo, rhythm, inflection, pause, and volume — to hold any audience
• Apply storytelling at work: origin stories, customer stories, pitches, data stories, and your signature story

Curriculum

What's inside

8 modules · 40 lessons

1. 01

   Why Stories Win

   5 lessons
   • The Oldest Technology in the Room
   • The Five Elements Every Story Needs
   • Spot the ElementsTry itquiz
   • Story or Statement?fill blank
   • Foundations Checkquiz
2. 02

   The Shape of a Story

   5 lessons
   • The Universal Arc
   • Hook First: Openings and Endings
   • Order the Arcquiz
   • Outline Your First Storyspeech template
   • Tell Your 90-Second Storyspeech practice
3. 03

   The Retold Tale

   5 lessons
   • Borrowed Stories
   • The Voice Toolkit
   • Example: The Monkey and the Crocodile
   • Prepare Your Retellingspeech template
   • Tell the Talespeech practice
4. 04

   Your Story

   5 lessons
   • Your Life Is Full of Stories
   • Show, Don't Tell
   • Example: The Day I Missed the Train
   • Build Your Personal Storyspeech template
   • Deliver Your Personal Storyspeech practice
5. 05

   The Story With a Lesson

   5 lessons
   • Stories That Teach
   • The Twist
   • Example: The Fastest Coder in the Office
   • Write Your Fablespeech template
   • Tell Your Fablespeech practice
6. 06

   The Story That Moves

   5 lessons
   • Making Audiences Feel
   • Less Is Best
   • Example: The Empty Chair
   • Craft Your Emotional Storyspeech template
   • Deliver the Story That Movesspeech practice
7. 07

   True Stories

   5 lessons
   • One Afternoon, Not a Lifetime
   • The Editor's Knife
   • Example: Eighty Kilometres to the Sea
   • Plan Your True Storyspeech template
   • Tell Historyspeech practice
8. 08

   Stories at Work

   5 lessons
   • Storytelling in Business and Marketing
   • Your Signature Story
   • Storytelling Mastery Testquiz
   • Write Your Signature Storyspeech template
   • The Showcasespeech practice

The shape of it

How this course works