Sparkwood & 21: On Seduction, Truthiness and Magic

March 22, 2012

On Seduction, Truthiness and Magic

[P]ersonalization is the ultimate shortcut from uninteresting fact to gripping yarn. It is like fairy dust for storytellers: you sprinkle it on your anecdotes, and they sparkle.

It’s a kind of magic, to borrow a phrase. And it is very, very seductive.

-Matthew Baldwin, "Putting the I in Story"

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