How to become a Sympathetic Storyteller?

If you do it for yourself, you do it Right

• Why do you want to become more Sympathetic?
• Do you want to write more?
• Do you want to amuse yourself more?
• Do you want to write more amusing dialogues?
• Do you want to enjoy your stories more?
• Do you want to amuse people?
• Which kind of satisfaction are you looking for in short run?
• Which kind of satisfaction are you looking for in long run?

Who do you want to be?

• How do you become Enthusiastic?
• Do you enjoy writing?
• How do you enjoy writing?
  • With fries?
  • With Pizza?
• How can you put in optimal conditions?

• What is your Goal?
• Her Goal is to provide Fun for Everyone.
• Small scale stories/games are easier for her to drive.
• Her main Focus is the immediate Story/Game.
• The immediate Fun.

• Can you be Enticing?
• Can you be In?
• Are you eager to share your stories?
  • With who?
  • At which pace?
• Do you want to start now?
• Do you want to develop them fast?
• Do you want to Fail?
• Do you want to re-Try?

• Can you be Encouraging?
• Can you be Inclusive?
• Can you ask for inputs?
• Do you think everyone should have fun?
• Are you Divided internally?
  • Because you wanted to be Inclusive?
• Do you feel Confused?
  • Because you tried to follow everyone’s will?
• Look for the most important points.
• They will still be satisfyied.

Being Present

• How do you Prepare?
• Are you easily Distracted?
• Does your enthusiasm affect your story’s structure?
• Do you want to use every tool at your disposal?
• How do you Plan?
• Is your story easy to follow?
• What can you ask yourself to become more sympathetic?
  • What can you do to help this person?
  • What can you do for this person to listen to you?
  • How can this person feel respected every time you speak together?

• How do you Listen?
• Silence…
  • 5 seconds?
  • How hard is it?
  • It’s the hardest thing to do.
• What do they tell you?
• What Context do they give you?
• How do you speak with your team mates?
  • Can you ask them suggestions?
  • Can you listen to their suggestions?
  • Is it too difficult?
  • Is it too painful?
• Do they have Preferred Genres?
  • Do they favor Action, Adventure, Comedy?
• Do they have Preferred Settings?
  • Do they favor Western, Science-Fiction, Heroic Fantasy, Piracy?

• Are you Engaged?
• What are you thinking about?
• Do you enjoy being asked questions?
• Can you enjoy the level of details?
• Does the questioner delve deeper with every question?
• Do you love your Public?
• How can you help them?
• Why would they need your stories?
• Why would they need your characters?

• Are you Caring?
• Would like to be a Manager?
• Would like to be a Knowledgeable Manager?
• Do you know your team mates?
• Which role do they play for you?
• How can you help them develop themselves in this role?
• Which questions should you ask?
• Who will you ask these questions to?
• Which question will you be asked?
• Who will ask you these questions?
• How likely are you to answer correctly?

Do you love your Settings?

• Look around
• Observe…
• What do you see?
• Can you draw the room you’re in?
• Can you draw the forest you’re in?
• How is your world Changing?

• Landmarks
• What’s the most remarkable place?
• What’s the most remarkable object?
• How is it decorated?
• Who placed it here?
• Why did you created this character?
• Does she build other similar Landmarks?

• Colors & Atmosphere
• What do you see?
• What do you sense?
• What do you feel?
• How do you transcribe this?
• Why do you want the Public to visit this place?
• What are they supposed to enjoy?

• Daily life
• Are you happy to wake up?
• Do you run to your favorite beverage/dish?
• Do you enjoy showering?
• Should you wake up in the middle of the night?
• On Noon?
• Can you create the ideal routine?

• Inhabitants
• Who populates the setting?
• Do you enjoy these people?
• Are they irritating?
• Do they do stupid things on a regular basis?
• Why did you move here?

Do you love your Characters?

• Conversation
• Can you speak with your characters?
• Can you ask her how she lives?
• Can you answer her questions?
• Can you listen to her suggestions?
• Can you listen to her needs?
• How would you change for her?
• Can you address her casually?
• Can she address her casually?
• Is there a formal discussion between you?
• Do you question them alone or as a group?

• Character’s Goal
• Are you reaching your goal?
• Are you developing new habits?
• How do you train?
• How are you Evolving?

• Issues
• What trials are you facing?
• Do you feel punished by the story?
• Do you feel pressured to move on?
• Do you want to stop?
• So you want to continue to exist in this World?

• Interests
• Did you find something you like in this Story?
• Would you prefer to be in a different one?
• Are you bored?
• All day long?
• Did you find a new friend?
• What’s her name?

• Relationship
• How do you see me?
• How do you see [name]?
• Do you enjoy her company?
• Do you prefer to stay away from her?
• Did she do something you despise?
• Are you infatuated with her?
• Why can’t you tell her?
• Are you indifferent with this person?
• Do you perceive the effect she has on others?
• Are there other people you’d prefer to interact with?

Do you love your Story?

• Games
• Games make people happy.
• Enigma?
• Maybe Training?
• Maybe not Training…
• What games do you enjoy the most?
• Do you know the rules?
• Can you integrate them to the Story?
• Do you plan?
• Do you establish a strategy beforehand?
• Do you like Puzzles?
• Do you prefer putting people in Prison?

• Mystery
• Are you looking for Clues?
• Where?
• Who was in this room?
• Which Clues did you find?
• Did you make a List?
• Did you organized them?
• Did you establish a chronology?
• What have you Discovered?
• Did you enjoy the Discovery process?
• Will you break the threshold of fiction?

• Fight
• Can you defeat it?
• Should you retreat?
• Should you pursue?
• Can you approach it in a different way?
• Is there an alternative?

• Which Souvenirs can you offer to the Public?
• How do you use Context?
• How do you use Piggyback?
• How do you use Imagery?
• How do you use Archetypes?
• How do you Measure Entertainment?
• How do you Deliver Entertainment?
• Do you Observe people’s reaction when they play?
• Do you Observes people’s reaction when they are amused?
• Where do people have fun?
• How do people have fun?
• What is their Idea of fun?