Storytelling Deck
The Dragon and the City What is the Dragon & the City story tactic? Explain your project as if it's an epic adventure. Get people excited about your plan of action. There's a dragon outside the city walls. Your world is no longer safe. What should you do? Escape: How does the journey begin: a deliberate choice, forced or accidental? Defend: What are the dangers here? What are the opportunities? Attack: How does your Hero feel the pull of Home? Each option has risks and rewards. Just like your prototype. Try this version of a story after Three Great Conflicts tactic. How to use the Dragon & the City story tactic 1. What is your City? What is good and valuable in the status quo? What is wrong, unfair or wasteful? Who's in charge? Who do you need to persuade to act? 2. What is your Dragon? Where is the threat coming from? How has it been allowed to get this bad? Is there an opportunity here? (Dragons hoard gold!) 3. Escape Where would you go? What shou...