Nathan Baugh

Consultant → writer. I study the best storytellers ever and share with you what I learn. Writing fiction and writing to 77K storytellers every Saturday. Join us 👇

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If you want to improve your writing and storytelling, I urge you to read some fiction.

Not necessarily for the prose but for the structure required to move you through a story.

- Cause & effect
- Intention & obstacle
- Hooks & cliffhangers

The internal logic builds the foundation of a great story, and it’s worth reverse engineering and trying to apply the ideas to your work.

PS. I talk about this stuff every week with 112k readers: nathanbaugh.substack.com

Ghostwriter. Exploring the art and science of storytelling. Debut fantasy novel sometime ~soon.

Here’s the problem with attribution:

1. I know of a business because I’ve followed the founder for years on twitter

2. Convo with friends around the topic

3. I don’t have link, so go to google to get link - accidentally hit sponsored link

4. Send link anyway

5. Friend applies for membership - it’ll be a low five figure a year thing

6. Business will see he clicked through Google ad

7. Attribute lead to Google ads

Reader, the Google ad did nothing, the twitter account did everything, and attribution will show the opposite.

Wonder how often this happens

Four Side Story

I build sales pages, sales e-mail campaigns, landing/opt-in pages, and relationship-building e-mail campaigns.

I also write nurturing and sales social media captions and ads.

Strategic Marketing Specialist

Storyteller

Diversified Maintenance

Managed the information technology infrastructure for Diversified Maintenance, formerly Rite Way Service. 

I served as Network Administrator and Director of Information Systems.

I built the network for Rite Way Service from a dialup connection based network in 1998 to a full MPLS network in 2017 before I left the company.

I managed many major upgrades and migrations of the company's Microsoft Windows server network and the Microsoft Exchange network.

I managed a major migration from a hosted Microsoft Exchange environment to a cloud based Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) environment.

I also managed a major migration from a legacy on-premise network and server infrastructure to a cloud hosted infrastructure.

I also managed upgrades and migrations of the company's accounting, payroll and timekeeping systems. 

Lastly, I managed all IT vendor partner relationships during my tenure at this company.

Senior Information Technology Manager

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

I served in United States Navy for six years as an Aviation Electronics Technician.

Upon my discharge in June 1997, I held the rank of Aviation Electronics Technician Second Class (AT2).

I maintained and repaired the Versatile Avionic Shop Test (VAST) system at AIMD on NAS Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Florida.

I also maintained and repaired all electronic systems, including advance weapons systems on the McDonnell/Douglas F/A-18C fighter attack aircraft.

During my time of working on these aircraft, I was attached to VFA-131 Wildcats squadron, based out of NAS Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Florida.

Aviation Electronic Technician

Wait a minute.

It’s not about me. It’s about you.

I used to think that writing stories and articles involved covering topics that mattered to me, not considering whether or not they matter to others. 

But years of studying story and human psychology taught me otherwise.

One of the most extraordinary things l learned throughout my self-education journey is that people will not listen to anything I say unless they first feel heard. Unless what I say matters to them and how they see themselves.

Now, let me turn the focus on you. If any story or article I write on this blog doesn’t help you navigate your world successfully, you won’t get past the first sentence.

But, if your cognitive unconscious mind determines that the story or article does not affect your survival, it will persuade you to move on to the next blog, where it can find information to help you navigate this crazy world. 

Okay. Let’s get back to talking about you.

What resonates with me doesn’t necessarily resonate with you. What’s important to me may be irrelevant to you.

After mentally processing these monumental truths for some time, an epiphany struck. 

To help you succeed, I need to learn more about the target audience I write for. What, exactly, does this mean? Specifically?

I need to learn more about you.

What thoughts and concerns do you have?

What are your goals? Your fears? Your misbeliefs? 

What problems are you trying to solve? 

I also learned to ask the most critical question.

Why?

As in, why do you have those thoughts and concerns?

Why do you strive to achieve your unique and specific goals?

Why do you fear what you fear?

Why do your unique misbeliefs keep you from achieving your goals?

Why do you want to solve the problems you want to solve?

With this in mind, I will not write stories and articles about topics that interest me. I aim to write stories about things that interest you. Something that you can use in your life. 

I want to write about things that genuinely help you.

My goal is to help you become the most authentic version of yourself via stories and articles offering tips, advice, and insights that resonate with you, your world, and your place.

In this way, we grow together. 

In closing, let me leave you with a Hopi proverb. Those who tell the stories rule the world.

This nugget of wisdom gets me out of bed every morning, ready to take on the day’s challenges. 

It may motivate you more remarkably each day as you pursue each endeavor.

Tell your story. Rule your world. 

And remember, I’m here for you.

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