Telling Stories with Matthew Dicks, Writer and GrandSlam Champion on The Moth

• How Matt got into writing and storytelling in high school (1:40)
• Storytelling as means of self-exploration and meaning (10:30)
• Matt’s process in crafting a story to tell (16:35)
• “What is a story?” (17:15)
• Workshop: Matt crafts a story for us in real-time (26:50)
• Contrast makes things interesting (42:00)
• Scenes: placing stories in physical locations, avoiding exposition (46:39)
• “Where do you think we go after we die?” (67:00)

Find Matt's books, podcasts, and everything else at matthewdicks.com

Find Matt's book on storytelling, "Storyworthy" at http://www.matthewdicks.com/storyworthy

Find more of Mark Dragicevic's music (composed one of the interlude songs) at https://soundcloud.com/cactusbloom

And thanks to Tape Works in Hartford, CT for the recording space and sound engineering help: https://www.tapeworksinc.com/