Start telling your story

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What story do you want to tell?

How can you start telling your story? Too often data storytelling is interpreted as just visualising data effectively. However, it is much more than just creating visually-appealing data charts.

What you need to think

Your planning can start by thinking:

Visuals

Think beyond the standard line or bar graphs

Audience

So you can craft a story or a message for them.

Story you want to tell

Building a narrative around your data can help you focus on what you really want to say

What you need to do

Storyboard/storymap your ideas

You have to get the actual message together before telling a story. Power of story section covers more detail about this technique.

Refine by de-cluttering

It can help you articulate the impact of your story. Do not be afraid of cluttering!

Let’s have a look at beautiful and not so beautiful visual examples in the next section.