Every Storyteller needs a Storybank.

It’s you’re source to get inspired and find new stories to write.

Luckily, stories are everywhere. You just need to see and capture them.

A storybank is a mechanism for capturing and sharing stories in a variety of mediums. If we don’t capture our stories and share them, they’ll disappear.

Here are 3 methods to help you finding and capturing stories every day.

(All methods are out of the book Storyworthy from Matthew Dicks.)

Homework for life

At the end of every day ask yourself this question:

What was the most storyworthy moment of this day?

Write it down in 1-2 sentences. Find the lesson behind it.

Mine looks like this👇 (Feel free to steal it HERE.)

Homework for life not only assists you to become a better storyteller.

You’ll be able to see your life in new powerful ways.

The Time will slow down for you, because you start to remember every day.

You’ll be more mindful and in the present moment.

It’s a highly beneficial habit for storytellers and for life in general. It won’t take more than 5 minutes of your day.

Crash & Burn

Crash & Burn is stream-of-consciousness writing  with the purpose to generate new ideas and resurrect old memories.

• Set a timer for ten minutes
• Start the session by writing down a noun, or a random object in the room.
• Continue writing what comes in mind.

3 Rules while writing:

1. Don’t get attached to any idea.
2. Don’t judge your thoughts. Just write them down
3. Don’t stop writing. If your mind is blank start writing numbers, colors, whatever. Just keep writing.

When you’re finished review it and add potential stories to your storybank

This takes practice, but once your mind is writing free the wildest thoughts come up.

Storytelling gold.

First, Last, Best, Worst

First, Last, Best, Worst uses a table similar to the one below to guide the identification of potential stories. Prompts are listed to trigger memories.

Fill out the table and you’ll get questions like:

• What was your first kiss?
• Your worst Job?
• You strangest dream?

It will help you to dig deeper in your past and find great stories you forgot over the years.

Steal my template. 👇