Episode #61: The storyteller's emotional napkin and why you need to ask for one

04/04/2024 48 min

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Episode Synopsis

Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, you'll hear about:

bringing story to life in your head by being magical and mystical 


Courtney's request for Super Stabby Resources
the murder library and modernising evil
hooking a reader and keeping them engaged
the story opening as a dating metaphor
emotional napkins: gaining a reader's trust as a craft device
an underused tool for gaining reader investment


the boundaries of vulnerability
self trust as a writer

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