This document summarizes a presentation on the mystery of storytelling. It discusses that storytellers should primarily focus on the audience rather than the characters when crafting a story. It also highlights that storytelling elicits physical reactions from audiences like clapping, smiling, and increased heart rates. The document emphasizes that all aspects of storytelling, such as character development and music, should be audience-centric. It also addresses how storytellers can overcome rejection and use it as motivation to improve their writing.

1. PRESENTATION ON : MYSTERY OF STORY TELLING (inspired by
the Lecture of : JULLIAN FRIEDMANN )
PRESENTED BY : JALAJ GARG (IIT-GUWAHATI )

2. Why is Story
Telling so difficult
???
Whom should
the writers keep
in mind while
telling a story ???

3. THE AUDIENCE

4. So , as A STORYTELLER , the primary relationship
should be with AUDIENCE not with the CHARACTERS
These is the basic thing a WRITER should keep in
mind while crafting a story !!!!

5. “ Its basis in the Creative
understanding of Human
Motivation “
Physical Reaction to a Creative Story-telling :
CLAP
SMILE
LAUGH
EYES DILLATE
INCREASED HEART RATE

6. Now , how many people are there who are willing to write and be the Writers
???
ANSWER is :
BUT
WHY ?

7. This book gives 4 basic
reasons of that tendency
of people ….
SHEAR EAGERTISM
IMMORTALITY
Getting back at people who put you down
And, Trying to make the world a better place

8. The holy trinity
WRITER
CHARACTER AUDIENCE

9. The holy trinity
WRITER
CHARACTER AUDIENCE
So, Now we
know where to
Focus !!

10. SCREEN –WRITING / STORY-WRITING : Is there a
Formula ??????
ARISTOTLE described a
formula ……….

11. Beginning ,Middle and End
OR
Pity, Fear and Cathars
Suffering, Struggle and Over-coming
OR
DONE ?? NO……..

12. What’s that now!!!!!!

13. To have
Accessible
characters that the
Audience will
engage with .
1

14. Well ,
who
doesn’t
want
“Happy
Endings”
2

15. To communicate with different kinds of
Audiences Nicely3

16. As we can take an Example , we take
the difference between :
“AMERICAN MOVIES & EUROPEAN
MOVIES “
AMERICAN
MOVIES
EUROPEAN
MOVIES
AUDIENCE’S REACTION
TOWARDS :

17. AND WHY
? IS IT SO
…….
SO , ALL OF IT SHOULD BE AUDIENCE CENTRIC

18. Even , if it is a horror
movie :p
Well , this is the impact an American Movie has

19. MUSIC
MUSIC has the power to mesmerize the
crowd and get their nerves to listen to your
story

20. Do the way the Jazz People do…………
JAZZ people use the power of MUSIC

22. Every one faces Rejection .Even ,
the Greatest Writers have also
faced Rejection once in their
cariers
Joan
Didion( a
great Writer
) ‘s Story on
facing
Rejections
which she
has herself
faces many
times.
But , this Rejection can also become Motivation if the Self-expectations and Beliefs are
high. This ,in fact , has been a very strong tool for many writers who have as a fact
used this to make proper amendments on their Writing &Story-telling and have
come up very strong in this field later ………………………………………………..

23. THE CONCEPT OF REFLECTION
Who do you think the Audience
actually looks at while listening to
your story ???
The Story tellers may think that :
It’s them who they are looking at
….
Or the Characters or any Fixture
on the Stage

24. BUT NO
Its actually themselves they are
looking at :

25. So , lastly coming back to the theme of the Story :
 Its your Audience for whom you should design and tell your story .So
always ,
Make them like this :

26. So , finally I
would like to say
a :