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Matthew Dicks

Disciplines:
storytelling
writing
the moth
teaching

Summary

American elementary school teacher, author, and competitive storyteller — 50+ Moth Story Slam winner — author of Storyworthy and multiple novels — who combines competitive storytelling with practical storytelling instruction.

Core Contribution

Creates the most practical guide to competitive personal storytelling — Storyworthy distills Dicks's 50+ Moth Story Slam wins into concrete techniques (homework for life journaling, finding the five-second moment, cinematic telling) that are the most actionable available for personal narrative.

Notable Works & Achievements

Storyworthy

Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend

Someday Is Today

Historical Influences

The Moth Kurt Vonnegut

Intellectual Lineage

Connecticut Newington, ConnecticutMoth Story SlamStoryworthy

Contemporaries & Peers

Catherine Burns The Moth team

Minds Influenced

Storytelling instruction

Intellectual Posterity

Storyworthy Homework for LifeMoth Story Slam champion

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