If You Want To Tell A Compelling Story, Do These 3 Things

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There’s a great, although perhaps apocryphal, story about Franz Kafka and a little girl. The relatively unknown author — he wouldn’t achieve great fame until after his death — met a young girl who lost her doll. Kafka helped her look for it, but to no avail. The doll was lost forever and the girl was heartbroken.