Kurt Vonnegut had this idea that stories have shapes, but nobody had put it to the test until the Computational Story Lab at the University of Vermont decided to take a look. Tamsen looks at the three story shapes we should use in our messages, and how they correspond to the Red Thread method’s three types of talks: the How, Why, and What Now.

Resources

• Find the Red Thread EP 030: The 3 Types of Messages
• The Six Main Arcs in Storytelling, as Identified by an A.I. - The Atlantic
• The Red Thread Worksheet