Welcome, Changemaker!
This workbook is your creative playground. Designed to gently strengthen your storytelling skills, it will help you:
- Recognise powerful openings in books and content
- Practice setting the stage with time, place, or person
- Build a repeatable, 10-minute habit to sharpen your message
Every great story starts with clarity. Most first sentences open by anchoring the reader in one of these three ways:
1. TIME
When is this happening?
2. PLACE
Where are we?
3. PERSON
Who are we with?
Let's dive in! Choose 10 books from your shelf (or digital library). Write down the first sentence of each and identify which anchor it uses:
Book Title | First Sentence | Anchor Used |
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Write 3 original story openings - each one using a different anchor.
BONUS CHALLENGE: MIX & MATCH
Now combine two (or all three) anchors to create a more dynamic opening.
Now You
You are the hero of your own story.
KEEP TRAINING WEEKLY
Revisit this practice once a week. Like yoga or music, storytelling grows with gentle, consistent effort. Each session helps you:
✨ Speak more clearly
✨ Write more persuasively
✨ Connect more deeply
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