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The Present Tense (and Other Storytelling Secrets)

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Today on The Gist, professional storyteller Matthew Dicks is here to coach our winning listener Frank Kennedy. We’ll hear stories from Frank’s life raising an autistic son, and hear ideas for how to better integrate them into a larger story. For the Spiel, a story of Kansas punishing people on welfare leads to an amazing stat.
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Publisher
The Gist
Series
The Gist
Publication year
2015
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