Matthew Dicks

Storyworthy: the book that crowdsourced from 500 replies

Sam tweeted for book recommendations, got 500 replies, and the standout was Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks, a 20-time Moth storytelling champion. The book broke down why his go-to stories 'kill' and made him feel like a better storyteller after three-quarters of it.

“I've read 3/4 of the book so far and I'm like, wow, this is one of the most useful books I've read in a long time because I walked away being like, oh, that's why the stories I love, that's why I love them. And for the stories that I go to, I have my 2 or 3 go-to stories that I'm like, these stories kill. I know, I now know why they kill and I know why my other stories don't kill.”

Steal thisStudy why your best stories land so you can reverse-engineer the next one.