How to Add Suspense to Your Stories and Dramatically Improve Your Content



How to Add Suspense to Your Stories and Dramatically Improve Your Content by Sean D'Souza At a TED conference in 2008, music conductor Benjamin Zander talks about the story of Shakespeare's well-known play, Hamlet. In Act One, scene three, Hamlet finds out that his uncle killed his father. Now Hamlet must have his revenge. As the play progresses, Hamlet almost kills his uncle, but pulls himself back. He has many opportunities to get rid of his uncle, but somehow doesn't finish the job. So, is Hamlet a procrastinator? "No, otherwise the play would be over, stupid,” Zander says. “That's why Shakespeare puts all that stuff in Hamlet — Ophelia going mad, the play within the play, Yorick's skull, and the gravediggers. That's in order to delay — until Act Five. Then, he can kill him." This is the power of suspense in storytelling: the end seems almost inevitable, but then there's more — to keep the story going. Let’s explore how this concept can dramatically improve your own storytelling and keep your audience completely focused on your content. Read and comment Technology Translated: Learning How to Rock Twitter, with Amber Osborne by V. Scott Ellis Despite the ups-and-downs we hear about in the media, Twitter is still an incredible platform for networking, helping, and conducting research. Amber Osborne has been an expert user for years and is going to share some tips to help you get more out of Twitter, and the tool she helped create, Meshfire. Listen The Showrunner: No. 045 9 Lessons Learned Publishing a Book From a Podcast by Jerod Morris and Jon Nastor Starting a podcast is a lot of fun, has the potential to build you an audience of raving fans, and may earn you the right to become a Showrunner. All of this is excellent, but it may just be the tip of the iceberg. Listen Unemployable with Brian Clark: Why Freedom Beats Money and Status by Brian Clark Freedom is a primary theme of Unemployable. Not everyone wants to "disrupt" and "dominate." Rather, they want to do the things they want to do, and live the life they want to live. Listen The Mainframe: The Mindset of a Marketer by Chris Garrett and Tony Clark In this episode of the new Mindset series, Tony and Chris explain what having a productive mindset actually means, and why is so important. Listen The Missing Link: 8 Ways to Make Your LinkedIn Profile Shine by Sean Jackson Learn how to set up your LinkedIn profile so you can reach your best customers and the search engines will find you easily! Listen Technology Translated: Learning How to Rock Twitter, with Amber Osborne by V. Scott Ellis Despite the ups-and-downs we hear about in the media, Twitter is still an incredible platform for networking, helping, and conducting research. Amber Osborne has been an expert user for years and is going to share some tips to help you get more out of Twitter, and the tool she helped create, Meshfire. Listen The Showrunner: No. 045 9 Lessons Learned Publishing a Book From a Podcast by Jerod Morris and Jon Nastor Starting a podcast is a lot of fun, has the potential to build you an audience of raving fans, and may earn you the right to become a Showrunner. All of this is excellent, but it may just be the tip of the iceberg. Listen Unemployable with Brian Clark: Why Freedom Beats Money and Status by Brian Clark Freedom is a primary theme of Unemployable. Not everyone wants to "disrupt" and "dominate." Rather, they want to do the things they want to do, and live the life they want to live. Listen The Mainframe: The Mindset of a Marketer by Chris Garrett and Tony Clark In this episode of the new Mindset series, Tony and Chris explain what having a productive mindset actually means, and why is so important. Listen The Missing Link: 8 Ways to Make Your LinkedIn Profile Shine by Sean Jackson Learn how to set up your LinkedIn profile so you can reach your best customers and the search engines will find you easily! Listen Find Out More ©2015 Rainmaker Digital, LLC • 1942 Broadway, Suite 407 • Boulder, CO 80302

   

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