7 Storytelling Tricks to Steal From Late-Night Talk Show Convos

Start with a tease, and other ways to captivate an audience of 1 or 1,000

Antonio Rengel
Forge
Published in
9 min readJul 5, 2021

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Photo: Jimmy Kimmel Live

For me, the late-night talk show has always represented a shameless form of star worship. How could a serious consumer of culture enjoy it? The fake laughter. The manufactured drama. The over-the-top host. It all screams phony!

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Antonio Rengel
Forge
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Educator and Copywriter Who Writes About Creativity, Marketing, Pop Culture, And Occasionally Mindfulness Meditation