To Write Stories That Stick, Hone These 5 Proven Habits

Don’t just passively consume stories, actively dissect them

Michael Thompson
SIMPLE
Published in
7 min readMar 13

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Pexels Katerina Holmes

“If you go down to meet this guy, you may never back. He’s on another level.”

Shortly into his career, legendary Esquire columnist Cal Fussman, got the itch to interview Harry Cruz, a novelist who wrote off-the-wall stories about things like a…

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Michael Thompson
SIMPLE
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I grew up stuttering and now teach storytelling to Fortune 500s, MBA students, and first graders • Free "story" guide: https://bit.ly/3h1KZeT