The ONLY 5 Lines You Need To Tell Any Story
Tim Runia · 1,871 words · 9 min read · EN-US

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I used to spend hours trying to plan a video and still have no idea what I was actually trying to say. I would make an outline, rewrite, scrap it, and start all over again. Or I'd skip it all and just start filming, hoping I would figure it all out in the edit. But then I'd be staring at a messy timeline with no clue what the story was
actually supposed to be. I was overthinking, and totally getting lost in the details Until I started doing something so stupidly simple. .. I couldn't believe it actually worked. Five lines. That's it. And suddenly every story clicked. You know, most comments I get are about my storytelling. So today, I'll show you a little secret.
Because when you've written down these five lines, you've got a blueprint to create a story and a script that actually makes people feel something to create something with a heart. you know, before YouTube. I ran my own video agency together with a friend, and we created all kinds of stuff, We did a lot of commercials.
We made series, small documentaries, And, you know, I always loved to do crazy stuff, come up with crazy concepts weird transitions in a scripts. And I think it really made the, the advertisements and the videos we made a lot more awesome. But what I kept bumping into over and over again, it doesn't matter if you're alone or working with a big crew
or doing YouTube. Filmmaking is a lot of decision making. And what happens time after time? That in this chaos of decision making... You're losing the core of the story. And this is a big issue, because the core of your story is one of the most important things. Because if you don't know what the story is really about, no editing
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