Coming up with story ideas can be easy if you know where to look and what questions to ask. In this video, Martin reveals his process for developing ideas that can support a story of any length. It's called "One Truth and Four Questions," and it just might change how you look at people.
00:00 Let's create some story ideas
00:25 Observe and Report
01:46 The one truth about every story
03:12 Why are they doing that?
05:03 What does that say about them?
06:04 What's the most interesting thing that could happen to them?
08:43 Where else could this happen?
10:11 Recap
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