CREATIVITY
EXPERTISE
Storytelling formats
The brief describes the assignment.
The story describes the experience.
The one-page story spine
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Audience
Who is this for, what do they already know, and what might they resist?
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Objective
What should change in understanding, feeling or behavior?
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Tension
What meaningful constraint, risk, frustration or unanswered question exists?
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Agency
Who makes choices or takes action? Avoid stories where technology acts alone.
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Progression
What becomes possible, clearer, faster, safer or more human?
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Proof
Which facts, demonstrations, observations or customer experiences make the claim credible?
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Takeaway
What single sentence should survive one week later?
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Next step
What should the audience do or seek next?
Common structures
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Customer story
Context → challenge → decision → change → evidence → future
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Executive interview
Point of view → stakes → insight → proof → implication
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Event recap
Promise → arrival → discovery → human exchange → momentum → next
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Event opener
Provocation → pattern → escalation → reveal → invitation
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Animated explainer
Question → mental model → steps → proof/use → resolution
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Product film
Need → experience → capability → evidence → outcome
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Social cut
Hook → one idea → proof → payoff / action