Being A Good Storyteller

I talk about how I learned to tell good stories...at least spoken stories.

Videos I reference:

[adamdravian]

It seems the solution to releasing your autobiography is to release it as an audiobook that you narrate. I'm sure many of your viewers would love that

[TemporarySec]

Tim, I’m a recent college grad and working musician. I’m have had such a hard time finding creative inspiration in life recently, but your videos always leave me feeling hopeful and like I can do more in life. So, thank you so much for all you do and have done!

[Anubis]

As someone who works in a grocery store, I think I speak for most of us when I say I wish more people had the same reservations about bringing their dogs as your mom.

[AaSs-kktk]

Being a good storyteller is also a lot about being really into (or at least seeming to be) what you're talking about, which is you!
Great vid.

[JimUK]

I used struggle with writing, it turned out that I was doing it in a way that didn't suit me, I was doing what I'd been told to do, plan ahead and all that sort of thing. When I stopped planning and instead just let my imagination run wild it made a huge difference.

Sometimes the "right way" of doing things doesn't work for everyone, so if you're ever struggling with any artistic endeavour try doing it differently, try doing it wrongly.

[moonhowler]

This is the best "morning coffee talk" type of content. Startalk for software devs.

[crystalz-hd]

Tim would be a perfect boss at work. Intelligent, charismatic, polite & good person.

[AKKK]

Your mom sounds like an amazing parent. My dad was like that, though not all the way, but he did teach me to question things, learn about stuff I don't know about, wonder about how things work and why things are the way they are and for that I will be forever grateful. I've seen that a lot if not most people lack that interest in knowledge and self improvement and that's incredibly sad.

[Garouwerks]

I DM a lot. And what helped me is reading tons of Mythology stories (from any nation), and learning to speak publicly. Take drama classes, or volunteer at your local playhouse for a part, etc. Learning to project your voice is a really good lesson.

[churibman]

While learning English, in one class the teacher taught us the expression "the gift of gab" and I thought I'd never get to use it, but that's 100% Tim (complimentary). I could hear him talk all day honestly

[s]

Explaining things to kids is so important. A lot of people will assume children won’t get it anyway and tell them to not do something without explaining why. Then kids will often do it anyway (sometimes secretly) until they find out (often in an unfortunate way) why it wasn’t a good idea

[TheDrExaviouse]

That shirt is fantastic! Love the Gorn and Orion dancers and the Horga'hn statute is a great touch!

[ShawnESharp]

Was recently talking to a friend of yours, Matt, at a game dev meet up in Seattle. Your name came up and my immediate take was, "I really wish there were more channels like his."

[vaniellys]

Your mom seems like an amazing person and mother !

[aNerdNamedJames]

Funny thing -- even in my writing courses taught by people who had no point of reference about games, it would *still* get brought up that being a GM for a pen and paper campaign is one of the most useful way of exercising creative writing muscles.

[MFKitten]

Whether you're quoting your "dry" written material, or speaking off the top of your head, you do so much more than simply recite the material.
Just adding the sound of you telling the stories gets you 90% there. You're very active and animated in your speech. And your pacing is great. Adding the visual aspect, you're animated and lively, lots of good communication happening in your facial expressions, your gesticulation, etc.

The fact that simply switching to a written transcript of the same material makes it "dry" is incredible if you think about it.

Face to face human communication is so valuable.

[ardaozler]

Wow thanks for the whole video! Perfect pronunciation of my name “Arda” btw lol

[gameboardgames]

Sometimes when I hear a nugget of Tim's amazing wisdom I wonder to myself: is that his years in the game industry talking now -- or his +4 Belt of Universal Game Mastery he bamboozled from that wizard all those years ago?

[flingymingy]

I’m from wales Tim and you don’t sound too Welshy, you actually sound really well spoken.
I think it’s how well your speaking flows, you rarely take long pauses but it never feels like you don’t stop.

[suitestheband]

You're also really good at this kind of story telling too. In another life, you are one of the greatest professors in the country at some University. But University of Youtube is probably better for society at the moment, so Im thankful to have you.