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Using story structure

Using story structure

- You've seen that there are different types of story helpers that you can use to engage your audience and begin your tale. Now, let's look at a different ways that you can bring it all together into a larger story. A data science story should consist of three phases. There's the beginning, middle, and ending. You should use these phases to help your audience find meaning. Start by establishing the context. The middle will present the conflict. Then you should end the story by creating some call to action. Maybe the conflict was resolved or the characters learn something. The context at the beginning is where you set up the scene. It introduces the people and places in time and space. Let's say that you're presenting a story. You start by saying, "We've been closely monitoring the "customers who buy shoes on our website. "We can see where they live "and connect how often they buy shoes." This sets the context. It's the customers buying running shoes and it's connected to where they…

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