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Jad Abumrad 的讲好故事步骤
Jad Abumrad's Steps to Better Storytelling
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这是音频叙事大师 Jad Abumrad(Radiolab 创始人)关于讲故事流程的一篇访谈式文章,梳理出五个可操作的步骤。值得写作者一读,是因为它把“讲好故事”从天赋问题变成了一套可以照着做的工序;不过评论区也提供了两个反面提醒:标题不要过度承诺,剪辑和引用不要替别人说话。
可以直接用的写作要点
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把讲故事拆成一套固定流程(找素材、搭结构、剪辑、打磨),比等灵感更可靠。
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标题承诺的范围要和正文交付的范围一致,用“更好的讲故事”这种大词容易让读者觉得被骗进来。
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别为了戏剧性故意营造“也许真有神秘力量”的暧昧腔调;读者一旦觉得你在装神弄鬼,就很难再信任你。
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剪辑和引用要经得起被引用者本人回听:不要把受访者在别处的“对”拼接到你的结论后面。
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如果内容是商业推广,最好在文中说清楚;否则读者会把整篇干货都当成软文打折看。
HN 评论精选
拼接受访者的语气词来“背书”主持人的旁白,是一种损害信任的剪辑手法。
我很喜欢早期的 Radiolab,尤其是主题式的单集,但后来不听了,因为它越来越依赖那种让人翻白眼的套路:“哦,说不定这现象背后真有一股神秘力量呢!”这种轻信的语气让我不适。最近听了几集,感觉这个手法收敛了一些。但有一点始终让我别扭:我们会先听到受访者说几句话,然后主持人旁白插入总结,紧接着又冒出一句受访者的“对!”“是的!”“嗯嗯”。我知道受访者并不是在回应主持人那句话,旁白是采访之后录的,声音设计师只是从别的段落里摘了一个确认性的语气词塞进去。对我来说这有点不诚实,等于把话塞进受访者嘴里。设想你自己被节目采访,主持人说了一句错误的话,然后你的声音不由自主地接了一句“说得对!”。这是件小事,但一直让我很不舒服,而他们从我收听以来就一直这么干。
DamnInteresting查看英文原文
I loved old school Radiolab, especially the themed episodes (e.g., Blood) but I stepped away from listening a few years ago because it started leaning too heavily on eyeroll-worthy ideas such as 'ooh, maybe there IS a mystical force behind this phenomenon!' The credulous tone was offputting for me. But I listened to a few recent episodes and it seems like they've dialed back that device. One thing that still bothers me about the podcast, however, is hard to explain: as Radiolab listeners, we might hear a few sentences from an interviewee, then the host voiceover jumps in to summarize something, and then we hear a little "that's right!" or "yes!" or "mmm hmm" from the interviewee. I know the interviewee is not actually reacting to what the host said, the voiceover is recorded after the interviews. The Radiolab sound designers just plucked the interviewee's confirmation vocalization from another part of the audio and inserted it there. To me it feels just a little bit dishonest, it's putting words in the interviewees' mouths. Imagine if you were interviewed for the show, and the host made an erroneous statement, and then your voice involuntarily chimes in with "That's right!" It's just a little thing, but it rubs me the wrong way, and they've been doing it for as long as I've listened to the show.
标题把“制作流程”包装成“讲故事”,范围开得太大,读者会觉得不匹配。
我觉得这篇文章基本就是企业博客式的软文。我还是乐意点进来读,因为(a)Abumrad 非常棒,(b)这些步骤看起来是一套扎实的制作流程,(c)这个产品看起来有意思。但“更好的讲故事”这个说法远比“制作流程”宽泛得多,我认为标题并不准确。
adolph查看英文原文
I think the article is borderline corporate blogspam. I'm still glad to click-through and read because (a.) Abumrad is terrific, (b.) the steps seem to be a solid production process and (c.) the product seems interesting. "Better storytelling" is so much broader than the production process that I don't think the title is descriptive.
读者会追问:这到底是作者的观点,还是产品的推广?
我很喜欢 Jad Abumrad,但这篇就是个广告。Jad 本人同意了吗?
Grismar查看英文原文
I love Jad Abumrad. This is just an ad though. Did Jad consent?
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