storytelling insight from a famously odd movie director

One of my favorite podcasts on writing and storytelling is Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin.

He somehow seems to know every interesting artist in the world personally…

And never fails to coax them into a fascinating conversation.

Case in point:

He recently interviewed M. Night Shyamalan…

The famously odd director of The Sixth Sense, Signs, Split, and a number of other absurd and unusual movies.

And during the conversation… 

Shyamalan dropped this pearl:

"People feel a story is slow when they don't know where they are in it."

I’d never heard that before…

But it makes sense though, doesn’t it?

Viewers get restless when they can't place themselves within the logical flow of a narrative.

They disconnect.

They check their phones.

They wonder how much longer until it's over.

Which explains why so many people struggle with traditional storytelling…

Yet excel at Email Storyselling.

When you're writing a novel or screenplay…

You've got to juggle a thousand variables:

- pacing 
- plot points
- narrative arcs
- character development
- etc etc

One misstep and you lose your audience completely.

But with story-driven emails?

You're dealing with stories so short and focused that readers ALWAYS know exactly where they are.

The beginning, middle, and end all exist within a few hundred words.

No chance of getting lost.

Or having boredom set in like an unwelcome houseguest.

Which is precisely why Email Storyselling works so well even if you're not a "natural writer" or storyteller.

The framework does the heavy lifting for you.

You just need to plug in your story, lesson, pivot and call to action… 

Following a simple formula that keeps readers engaged from start to finish.

If you've been hesitant to try story-driven emails because you don't consider yourself a writer...

Or you've tried "storytelling" before but found it overwhelming…

Then you may want to grab my Email Storyselling MBA program.

Inside, I reveal exactly how to write emails your subscribers love to read AND buy from… even if you've never considered yourself creative.

I show you real examples of emails I wrote that converted.

I break down exactly how I wrote them.

I even write a new email live so you can see how it's done.

No more writer's block or staring at a blank page.

This is a reliable and repeatable conversion formula you can use to write story-driven emails that sell in pretty much any niche.

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Jim Hamilton