From [[📚 Storyworthy]] ## Elephant - Large and obvious direction of story - Tells audience what to expect, a reason for listening - Appear ASAP, first 30 seconds - Raise questions in the audience's mind - Consider switching the emotion of the elephant throughout the story - ex) Charity thief, he was broke and no gas ## Backpacks - Increase audience's anticipation about an upcoming event Two purposes: - Make audience wonder what will happen next - Experience same emotion as the storyteller in the moment about to be described - ex) Explaining the details and effort of a plan make the readers emotionally invested - Only useful if end result is failure, as people want failure before success - ex) Charity thief, explaining his plan for asking money ## Breadcrumbs - Hints as to what is going to happen next, more unexpected the better - ex) Charity thief, noticing he has mcdonalds uniform ## Hourglasses - Letting an event slow down or pause to build suspense - Further elaborate on details - ex) Knocking on door and describing setting prior to charity asking ## Crystal Ball - Provide fake predictions to make the reader question if it will be true - ex) Charity thief, calling police