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The (Not-So) Secret Story Formula Sauce

You’ve been called, you’ve been gifted – no go write!

When I started storytelling, having a passion for entertaining and thrilling, while offering insight and inspiration for the journey of faith—I flat didn’t know what I was doing! I wish that I would’ve known what I know now, which is a sort of formula that I want to share with you.

This StoryWise Formula™ as I call it, is the foundational code that will help you tell a story, and that every story follows. If you have been dabbling with a story and have interest of telling a story, but aren’t quite sure how to get it started, how to frame it, this will help. Or if you have been telling stories and need to just have that reminder to get back to the basics, like that coach bringing the players back to what is basic to the game—that classic “This is a football” moment. Here’s what’s basic to telling a story.

Here it is. The insight. The secret sauce. Ready?

A character, in a setting, with a problem. Who tries and fails to resolve that problem. And in the end It resolves it with success or failure.And if it’s successful, it’s a comedy. If it ends in failure, it’s called a tragedy.

That’s it. That’s the secret sauce, the formula, if you will, for a story. Let the lowdown in the video to give you a better sense for how to tell a story.

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Jeremy Bouma

Hey there ! 👋 My passion is to empower Christian writers like you seeking guidance to wield the power of the pen for the sake of the cross through training + resources that upskill and inspire — rocking it with personal style + creative freedom. Proud hubby + Dad 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Vintage jazz vinyl enthusiast 🎷 Apple fanboy before the cool kids were 