John Duku

I'll do it tomorrow.

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Cherry blossoms in Japan 🧵

1. A tunnel of sakura-shaped bulbs in Mie

[Nathan Baugh @nathanbaugh27]

In 4 minutes, Kurt Vonnegut explained stories better than anyone I’ve ever heard.

“The shape of the curve is what matters. Not their origins.”

He plots stories on 2 axes:

X: Time
Y: Good fortune / ill fortune

He goes on to say,

“Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.”

Point 1:

Stories have defined patterns.

In Joseph Campbell’s Hero of a Thousand Faces, he makes the case for the Hero’s Journey.

Since then, it’s become the most famous storytelling structure in the world.

Vonnegut argued stories could be divided into 8 shapes.

Each story, he said, fit one of the 8.

Point 2:

Vonnegut says,

“Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them — so the reader may see what they're made of.”

To see who your characters really are, you have to make them suffer.

Only then does your audience have someone worth cheering for.

Point 3:

End on a high note.

Vonnegut says, “It’s not accidental that the line ends up higher than where it began. This is encouraging to readers.”

The way a story makes people feel when they finish is how they remember it.

It’s called recency bias.

Lift people up and they will love you.

***

“There are people. There are stories. The people think they shape the stories, but the reverse is often closer to the truth.”

I wrote this with @RobbieCrab. Follow him for lessons on storytelling + fundraising.

And I talk about creative storytelling. Follow @nathanbaugh27 for more like that.

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

Christopher Nolan explains the complex storytelling in MEMENTO (2000).

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

ALIEN was released 44 years ago today. One of the definitive science fiction/horror movies, its influence is still seen to this day. The behind-the-scenes story of how the film was made is a fascinating one...

A THREAD

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[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK was released 43 years ago today. One of Hollywood’s most popular films and most acclaimed sequels, the making of story is as huge as you’d expect.

A THREAD

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[Ryan Dilks @RyanDilks1]

Sometimes, football is an art form 🎨

You see a moment so beautiful, that it takes your breathe away.

Nothing defines the beauty of football more than a brilliant team goal.

Here are some of the 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔 in the history of the game👇

(THREAD🧵)

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

The Kiss by Gustav Klimt is the most famous Symbolist painting in the world.

What was Symbolism?

An art movement about our struggle to deal with scientific progress and social change...

[John Duku @Dukes4]

@MrBoak @olisnoddy @MarksLarks @LukeTownsin …is that my guy?!?

Always wanted to thank him for blessing me with an infallible dinner party anecdote. A giver until the end.

[bomani @bomani_jones]

a little ditty on how "bombs over baghdad" got into my bones.

[Ryan Dilks @RyanDilks1]

The English Football League is where stars are born.

It’s full of quality footballers and that means… quality goals 🤩

Let’s have a look at some of them aye?

These are the best goals ever scored in the EFL👇👀

(THREAD🧵)

[James Boodt @JDBoodt]

“That’s not an insight.”

[Madison McFerrin @madmcferrin]

Forever usable 😌

https://t.co/lQNMl02NKk

[John Duku @Dukes4]

Genuine tears in my eyes

[vids that go hard @vidsthatgohard]

Bro got tackled mid proposal 😭😭

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

A guide to the Nine Circles of Hell according to Dante's Inferno.

From the sins that will land you a place in each circle (including astrology and political corruption) to how you'll be punished and who else is already there...

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

THE GODFATHER was released 51 years today. A landmark of American cinema, there's some interesting facts around the making of the film...

A THREAD
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[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Brief thread of some beautiful paintings of the sunrise:

Sunrise at Futamigaura by Utagawa Kunisada (1832)

[John Duku @Dukes4]

“MURDER WAS THE CASE THAT THEY GAVE ME…”