Non-Physics Momentum
In the first Youtube video, radio broadcaster Ira Glass does away with all of the rules and regulations established in high school that formed a story. It is his opinion that stories should primarily be told in the form of anecdotes in which there is a sequence of events that complement each other with a certain momentum so as to make any story worth telling, no matter how dull the details or events involved. I can very much relate to this and certainly agree with this point. My friends and I define each other by how we relate different events in our lives. Whenever one of us relates events in our every day lives, we can’t help but listen when they are presented in the form of an anecdote. Stories that are thrown in without any warning or buildup produce little to no effect on us because they are such throw away tales. There is a very small window of opportunity to relate to the events being narrated in such a brief and sudden manner. Anecdotes are the foundation of a story – the more it is developed, the more that someone can learn and / or gain something from it. A sequence of events provides infinitely more opportunities to relate or think about the story being told. It provokes much self-reflection and deep thought as one tries to figure out what the story is leading to. One will create a web of many possible outcomes and endings to any such story that has buildup and suspense. True storytelling like this helps to curb the problem of an increasing amount of cyborgs in this society in modern times.
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