{"id":412,"date":"2013-06-20T08:09:27","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T15:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/?p=412"},"modified":"2013-06-20T09:19:54","modified_gmt":"2013-06-20T16:19:54","slug":"50-sure-fire-storytelling-tricks-trick-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/50-sure-fire-storytelling-tricks-trick-5\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Sure-Fire Storytelling Tricks!  (Trick 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Excerpted from the book,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1484858506\">50 Sure-First Storytelling Tricks<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><b>Trick 5<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Building Importance <\/b>(Changing Impact)<\/p>\n<p>In this technique, things not only appear more or less important, but actually become so. This was a favorite of Hitchcock in such films as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">North By Northwest<\/span> and television series like <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MacGuyver<\/span>. In an episode of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Twilight Zone<\/span>, for example, Mickey Rooney plays a jockey who gets his wish to be big, only to be too large to run the race of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Don&#8217;t wait! \u00a0Get all 50 tips right now!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1484858506\">Paperback<\/a>\u00a0or for your\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00CB2ZRRG\">Kindle<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1484858506\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"328\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/320\/50-sure-fire-storytelling-tricks-cover-create-space-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/50-Sure-Fire-Storytelling-Tricks-Cover-Create-Space-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1327,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"50 Sure-Fire Storytelling Tricks! (Cover &amp;#8211; Create Space 2)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/50-Sure-Fire-Storytelling-Tricks-Cover-Create-Space-2-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/50-Sure-Fire-Storytelling-Tricks-Cover-Create-Space-2-679x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-328\" alt=\"50 Sure-Fire Storytelling Tricks! (Cover - Create Space 2)\" src=\"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/50-Sure-Fire-Storytelling-Tricks-Cover-Create-Space-2-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/50-Sure-Fire-Storytelling-Tricks-Cover-Create-Space-2-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/50-Sure-Fire-Storytelling-Tricks-Cover-Create-Space-2-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/50-Sure-Fire-Storytelling-Tricks-Cover-Create-Space-2-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/50-Sure-Fire-Storytelling-Tricks-Cover-Create-Space-2.jpg 1327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"obi_random_banners_posts\" class=\"obi_random_banners_posts\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Man-Made-First-Hour-Event-ebook\/dp\/B09WYXMFBV\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storymind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-27-3.58.58-PM.png\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Excerpted from the book,\u00a050 Sure-First Storytelling Tricks) Trick 5 Building Importance (Changing Impact) In this technique, things not only appear more or less important, but actually become so. This was a favorite of Hitchcock in such films as North By Northwest and television series like MacGuyver. 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