Most people don't tell stories; they report on their lives chronologically, which is fundamentally different from storytelling because storytelling requires showing change over time—either a realization (I used to think X, now I think Y) or transformation (I was one kind of person, something happened, now I'm authentically different).
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Matthew DicksEvidence Quote
“most people don't tell stories...That really is just reporting on your life. And no one actually wants you to report on your life...It's just a simple accounting of your day or your week or your month and that's not interesting and it's not a story.”
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:05:43 PM
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