The audience decides
The Sopranos - Storytelling must fit the target audience.
"The Sopranos" was voted the "best written series" in the USA.
The irony?
Hardly anyone in Germany knows the series. Here, "The Sopranos" was canceled after just three seasons.
Why?
Quite simply: whether a story is good is decided by the audience.
Germans just aren't as into mafia stories as Americans are.
That means:
Adapt your storytelling to the target audience.
7. The "how" beats the "what"
Per day !
A few weeks after Ernest Hemingway published his "The Old Man and the Sea," fans were beside themselves.
Why?
The plot is not spectacular: an old fisherman catches the biggest fish of his life and loses it to sharks on the way home.
You see:
What matters is not what Hemingway says.
But how he tells it.
And that brings us directly to the next point...
8. Originality is overrated
Strictly speaking, the usa phone number list most successful stories of all time are always stories about love, friendship and family.
See for yourself:
Star Wars (father-son story)
Toystory (Friendship)
Gone with the Wind (Love)
Titanic (Love)
Gladiator (Family, Friendship, Love)
What makes it special is the how.
So the context.
The "surroundings".
Means for you:
You don't have to reinvent the wheel.
Just present it in a new context.