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The Purple Guide to Learning Storytelling in 10 Days
A 10-day starter plan to tell your first true story out loud — and decide if you want to keep going
by Alumigogo Books
Chapter 1: First Day
Welcome. You're here because you're curious about storytelling — not because you need to give a TED talk next week, not because you're trying to win some award, but because somewhere inside you there's a story you've been carrying around. Maybe it's something funny that happened at your sister's wedding. Maybe it's the time you moved to a new city and knew no one. Maybe it's a small moment you still think about years later, and you've never quite figured out why it stuck.
This is day one, and here's the honest truth: you're not going to learn storytelling today. That's not a failure — that's just reality. Storytelling is a skill like cooking or playing guitar. You don't master it in a day, or even in ten days. But what you can do in ten days is build a solid foundation, learn the two core techniques that every telling relies on, and produce your first small, true story. And today, your job is much simpler than you think. Your job is just to start.
So let's talk about what a first session actually looks like. Not a fantasy version where you're magically inspired. The real version, with real steps you can follow.
Step one: set up your space. Find a spot where you can sit comfortably for about 30 minutes without being interrupted. This could be a kitchen table, a corner of your couch, even a bench outside if the weather's nice. You need two