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Here's Dad Sotella's what got you into storytelling in the first place

watching cartoons. I watched a lot of cartoons. I was a huge fan of Spider-Man

way when I was a kid and

I

Think that for any child storytelling is absolutely crucial

But as you grow older

It is you realize how big a part storytelling is in everything around your life

In a sense psychologists will tell you you tell yourself a story about your own life

But even if it's not cartoons if it's movies if it's TV shows

But even beyond that even journalism effective journalism is about

crafting a news event in the form of a story

So there's a timeline. There's a sequence saying there's a build-up

And this is actually a

Fundamental part of human communication like without stories. I

Don't know where I don't know how knowledge could be passed down

You know even with kids education like

You know poems and songs and things like that capture a story inside them, right? So

I think I got into it since childhood

But I became I used to make up a lot of stories in my head when I was younger and

And write stories and things like that

Make up characters and imaginary worlds and things. So yeah, the storytelling and and and being fascinated with stories has always been a big part of

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