How to Tell Better Stories: What I've Learned

Hi YouTube.

I'm Nathan and I'm 17 years old.

This is the first video that I ever uploaded on to my YouTube channel.

1,405 days ago.

I had absolutely no idea what I was doing.

I've gone through a lot of phases, including growing a mustache.

Not sure how I feel about that

I want to share with you how I learned to tell stories,

or really how I'm learning to tell stories

because I think I'm probably always going to be figuring things out.

This has been a long and very confusing process for me, to say the least.

As you can tell I'm...

not that tall of a guy.

Yeah, I kind of feel like my body never got the memo.

You know at age 12, it was just like "Meh, you're tall enough".

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Storytelling is something we all do, it's human.

I think it's our way of trying to understand the world around us.

It's how we create bonds, how we make one another laugh,

it's part of our DNA.

The point is you're a storyteller whether you realize it or not.

What can you expect on this channel?

I honestly have no idea. I'm throwing myself into YouTube for a couple of reasons.

I do not know anything about using a camera and that's exactly why I'm trying to use one right now.

I would like to learn.

Now, I don't think there's a correct way or format to tell a story.

In fact, I think we all have our own unique form of expression.

However, there seem to be a few patterns that I've noticed,

a few elements that seem to kind of lace together all the best artists out there.

And so, I think that this is kind of my way of trying to break these things down and better understand them.

"To be interesting, be interested."

I think we all speak the language of enthusiasm, whether we realize it or not.

There's something about excitement, you can see in people's eyes

and I can say, at least for myself, that I'm attracted to that.

I think this is why

the joy the children, seem to have is something that we as adults spend our entire lives trying to rediscover.

I've always been more of an intense person

and I remember growing up being told pretty often to chill out,

you know, to relax.