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Storytelling lessons from Pixar

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So what do a Pixar storyboard artist (Emma Coats), a songwriter (me), and a marketing or recruiting professional (you) have in common?

We are all trying to tell our authentic story in a way that our audience finds interesting.

Writer Cyriaque Lamar offers “The 22 rules of storytelling, according to Pixar” — compiled by Emma Coats, a former storyboard artist for the CGI-focused movie studio who is now pursuing life as a film director.

This article has some great advice for anyone who is going to write anything… ever.

Here are my three favorite rules from the article:

#2 “You gotta keep in mind what’s interesting to you as an audience, ...
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