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Mystery the Pick-Up Artist uses Storytelling on VH1

The next story telling technique is very powerful
and ties back into displaying your personality
and bringing your characters to life.

This technique is adding TOUCH to your stories.

This really helps paint the picture and get your
audience more involved.

An example of this would be like "My friend and I
were walking over there like this... (lock arm in
arm)."

Only hold whatever touch you are displaying for
the appropriate part of the story. If you are
using something like the arm and arm example, you
would only do it for that short instance, not
tell the rest of the story arm and arm.

An example I would use in my story is when
describing his weirdness would be "I would be
talking with some of my friends and he would come
up from behind me, stick his arm around me like
this (put arm on girls shoulder and pull her in,
give her a little shake, showing exactly what he
did to me).

The key to not making this look obvious is to
continue telling your story while initiating the
touch, and not looking at where you are touching
or pausing and waiting for any form of reaction.

Another fun thing to sprinkle into your stories
is subtle hints that raise your desirability.

These include mentioning other women in your life,
having special social privileges, being the
leader of your group, and doing things that make
you stand out.

These are all essentially tasteful ways to brag
in your stories... without actually bragging. Now
you don't need these but in some cases can add a
special flare to your stories.

I do this often by mentioning other women in my
stories. You can do this by changing the word "
friend" to "girlfriend" or name dropping by
saying "my friends Lisa and Sarah" anything along
those lines.

They need to be subtle and never the subject of
your story. They are just minor details.

To make them theme authentic, do not provide an
explanation for them. If part of your story
involves you hooking up with multiple people, don'
t provide an explanation for it, instead just
keep talking, it's not the focus on the story and
by not providing an explanation, it comes off as
a perfectly natural thing that is no big deal.

Once you have thrown in all these fun
storytelling tactics it time to give it the once
over.

Eliminate all unnecessary content and make sure
your story is moving along and does not drag out.
That is the biggest problem people make, they
drag their stories out too long about things that
don't affect the overall story. Be sure to
eliminate redundancies.

For now...you should be aiming for about 2 mins
stories.

How much you share all depends on how your
storytelling skills develop. A masterful
storyteller could captivate the audience for 20
mins. But for now, focus on getting 2-3 solid
mins of your audiences attention.

Remember to look for clues of people fading out
so you know when to speed things up and get to
the punch line.

Always make sure you are keeping eye contact,
this will help hold the audiences attention.

Here is the FINAL revised version of my story.
Enjoy:

Me: "Hey guys...how do you deal with people when
you just caaaaannt get them to leave you alone?!"

Group: "blah blah"

Me: "Yeah that's interesting so check this out...
the other day I am at Club Voodoo, you ever been?
(Check in point)...Cool, anyway I walk in with a
group of my friend Lisa and some friends she
brought along. There is a decent amount of people
in the club, we are all having a great time and
meeting lots of cool new people.

Well this one guy somehow works his into my "
group" and he just has this annoying vibe. Like
he is so out of place, he was walking around with
a Harley Davison Motorcycle hat on and like this
tainted banana colored polo. You know when
someone just clearly does not belong and seems
out of place... kind of like that guy (Put arm on
person from audiences shoulder and point to
someone else outside the audience)

So my friends and I keep trying to avoid him but
he just won't back down, he would just follow us
everywhere we went, buzzing around like a
mosquito...with a really bad taste in clothing...
like you have no idea how bad it was, I would be
talking to some of Lisa's friends and he would
come up, stick his head between us and wrap us
both in his arms and give us a little shake like
this...(Do exactly what he did on them) And the
worst part is he had this nasty...thick breath....
oh it was terrible.

(Random Story Telling Tip: Appeal to the senses,
especially the smell, it is the least addressed
and most memorable.) Anyway... my friends and I
try to get away by going to the VIP floor and we
have been drinking the free energy drinks all
night and made a super tall pyramid out of cans.
(Illustrate structure with arms).

Then all of a sudden, the creepy guy weasels his
way onto the floor and sits down at our table...
and like a jackass he tries to add a can to the
structure. (Start slowing things down for the
punch line)

Little did he know... that although the Red Bull
on the top of the structure was opened... it was
full... so this guy tries to add his can to the
top then BAM!...................the whole
structure falls right into his lap and the filled
soda can pours all over his crotch!

(Create dramatic spill scene around your crotch,
getting the girl to look there, although sneaky,
creates lots of subtle sensual messages)

It looked like he wet his pants!

His face turns beat red and he just runs
downstairs and we assume he left the club cause
we didn't see him again... I don't know what the
big deal is...I thought it was hilarious!

(Share a good laugh with your audience, initiate
more touch if you so please, initiating touch
during laughter is very powerful)

If we look back at the original example of...

"So the other day I am at club voodoo with my
friends and I am going around making some new
friends and having a good time. Well this one guy
somehow works his way into my group but then ends
up not leaving us alone all night, and he was a
really annoying person that you just don't want
to talk to. He kept making every interaction in
the club awkward and would not leave until he
actually gets a hint and goes home."

You can see the dramatic changes these steps can
make to any story.

Before I conclude this oh so long newsletter....I
want to leave you with a couple advanced story
telling tips.

-If you are telling the same story, increase
vocabulary in it, use powerful verbs and
adjectives to bring the story to life/

-Always be painting a picture, appeal to all the
senses when possible.

-Start your stories at the end. If you ever saw
the movie Fight Club you will notice how you are
caught up into the story right from the beginning
because you are curious to see how Edward Norton'
s character got himself in such a dangerous
situation. You can start your story at the end
then build up to really captivate your audience.

-The more emotion you put into a story the better,
the more emotion you show in a story, the more
mistakes you can make because your emotion and
commitment to the story covers all that up.

-Avoid pauses like "ummmm and ugghhh" everyone
has a bad habit when they stumble in there
stories.

-Do not memorize your stories. You don't want to
sound like you are reading from a script, you
want it to seem natural. It is possible to be too
good at telling your stories and then it is
almost like the listener is watching a scripted
play. Just understand the concepts and events of
your story, there should always be some slight
differences when you tell your story. Practice
telling it...but don't become a scripted narrator.

-Lastly and most important to sum things up....

Do not tell your stories AT your audience...tell
your stories TO your audience.

Make sure they are always getting involved and as
you are telling your story, keep your eyes open
for cues in the interaction you do not always
have time to look for.

Use these cues to find what points of your
stories get certain reactions, and use them to
move the story along. You pick up on different
things if you are telling a story you know well,
this is another way storytelling continues to
improve your game.

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