Audience will automatically interested when you have great things to tell - especially story. Image taken from georgetown.org

At first, urban legends were not urban legend at all - they’re just a story, which has some “specials” that other stories don’t have. These “specials” make them easy-to-remember, attracting curiosity, and sometimes, stick.

So what are these “specials”? What make these stories stick?

1. People Don’t want Your Opinion

I am serious, people don’t want to hear your opinion inside a story. This is because people can make their own opinion about a story.

So use “friend of a friend” than “my friend”, and also don’t use “I think”. People want to hear facts - what was really happened.

So just tell people about the story - tell it plainly without any opinion “spices”.

2. These Stories Look Real

Best storytellers in the world tell story like they were real, even if they are created.

So write and tell story like those newspaper’s news. Make the story as real as possible. Make it acceptable by people’s common sense so they will think it’s real.

Another tips is to never look upside when telling a story - you will look like imagining something, people will know that you’re creating your story, and they will not interested in your story.

3. Have Some Emotional Moments

One of the most remarkable urban legend I’ve ever read was Kidney Heist. It was a scary story, you know.

The story started with “a friend of a friend”. Then it told me about a happy life of a businessman. At the bar, a women invited him to drink. Then you know what? He passed out, and when he woke up, he realized that he was inside a bathtub full of ice, and a tube protruding from his back - his kidney was stolen.

This story has some emotional moments that are very remarkable. The happy life that turned into a scary end, the ice-filled bathtub, the protruding tube - all of them were scary and surprising.

So try to write a story with some emotional moment, like a happy story which turns into a sad ending (vice versa seems doesn’t work), a 5 meters long fossil tooth, it’s all up to you.

4. Great Ending is Inevitable

Every showtime things - like a song or dance or theater or story is very recommended to has a great ending. Because ending is the last thing the audience will see - and that will judge their opinion on you.

Okay, that’s some of the tips. I will make another when I have more time. This article is already 400 words long and I have another things to do.

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Warm, actually, a little bit hot Regard

Gumilar Fardhani