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 Find more of Mark Dragicevic's music (composed one of the interlude songs) at And thanks to Tape Works in Hartford, CT for the recording space and sound engineering help:

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Telling Stories with Matthew Dicks, Writer and GrandSlam Champion on The Moth is an episode from The Mechanics of Storytelling by Ezra Justin Lee.

This episode is 01:11:26 long.

This episode was published on Feb 11, 2020.

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