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Conundrum
of
storytelling
Julian Friedman
A presentation based
on the talk by Julian
Friedman-”The
Mystery of
Storytelling” inTED
Agents
What are we? What we do?
What we want?
Agents are in the business of…
Agents are of two types....
Marriage but broker Known as a Pimp
Why Hire Agents?
Nope!!!!!!
Not Gonna Happen
Millions of people who
wants to write and wants
to tell and what they
write is….
It Sucks!!..Why Me??
Why writers
need it?
HolyTrinity??
1.Writer
2.Customer
3.The Union
Julian Friedman
George Orwell
Sheer Egotism and Immortality
Samuel Johnson
"Your manuscript is both good
and original. But the part that is
good is not original, and the part
that is original is not good."
“No man but a blockhead ever
wrote except for money.”
According to Julian Friedman
story defines us not language
Common?
But we have stories
So is there any formula??
Most Books will tell you not,
But…
Aristotle
Formula??
Fear
Catharsis
Formula
is…
Maurizio pollini
Beethoven’s preference
for happy endings is not
by any means a
tendency towards kitsch,
but rather a musical style
akin to Schiller’s
philosophy of struggle,
suffering and
overcoming.”
Struggle, suffering and overcoming –
pity, fear, catharsis – beginning,
middle and end.
American movies are earning better than European movies in the
box-office because…
Recap
1.Agents-What we do?,What we want?AndWhat are we?
2.The story is much more about the audience than it is about the
characters or the plot. And it is much more about the audience
than it is about the storyteller.
3.Your primary relationship has got to be with your audience, not
with your characters.
4.Stories define us, not language.
5.The three act structure is actually a function of how the human
brain works.
6.Entertain us.
Created by Bhaskar Bora, NIT Silchar, during an
internship by Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow.
www.IIMInternship.com
DISCLAIMER
NIT Silchar Bhaskar Bora_The Mystery Of Storytelling by Julian Friedman

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