22 Storytelling Tips From Pixar
Learn how to tell a story as good as the first ten minutes of Up.
![22 Storytelling Tips From Pixar](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/1/0/742710_320x180.jpg?v=2)
Pixar knows how to make us laugh, cry, and angrily yell at a screen. Learn some of the secrets of how to effectively tell a story from Emma Coats, a former Pixar storyboarder.
![PIXAR EXCELS AT STORYTELLING. P X A R ANIMATION STUDIOS The first ten minutes of Up made us cry. Toy Story inspired us to believe in the humanity of i](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/0/3/742703.jpg?v=2)
![PIXAR'S STORYTELLING SECRETS ruinedchildnood While she was at Pixar, storyboard artist Emma Coats compiled narrative tips she had learned and was grac](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/0/5/742705.jpg?v=2)
![22 TIPS FOR STORYTELLING #1: You admire a character for trying more than for their successes. #2: You gotta keep in mind what's interesting to you as](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/0/4/742704.jpg?v=2)
![#4: Once upon a time there was Every day, One day Because of that, Because of that, Until finally #5: Simplify. Focus. Combine characters. Hop over de](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/0/9/742709.jpg?v=2)
![#7: Come up with your ending before you figure out your middle. Seriously. Endings are hard, get yours working up front. #8: Finish your story, let go](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/0/2/742702.jpg?v=2)
![#10: Pull apart the stories you like. What you like in them is a part of you; you've got to recognize it before you can use it. #11: Putting it on pap](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/0/6/742706.jpg?v=2)
![#13: Give your characters opinions. Passive/malleable might seem likable to yoU as you write, but it's poison to the audience. #14: Why must you tell](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/0/1/742701.jpg?v=2)
![#16: What are the stakes? Give us reason to root for the character. What happens if they don't succeed? Stack the odds against. #17: No work is ever w](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/0/8/742708.jpg?v=2)
![#19: Coincidences to get characters into trouble are great; coincidences to get them out of it are cheating. #20: Exercise: take the building blocks o](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/0/7/742707.jpg?v=2)
![NOW YOU KNOW Go forth and write a story worthy of the 4 to 7 year production time a Pixar movie requires. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/7/0/0/742700.jpg?v=2)