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Chris Jones: Storytelling is magic

Jones compares storytelling to the seven principles of magic, giving narrative newcomers and veterans alike a fresh way to think about the craft. Watch him give his talk — and perform a magic trick.

Chris Jones is a writer-at-large for Esquire and a back-page columnist for ESPN: The Magazine. This is his opening keynote for The Power of Storytelling conference in 2013, in Bucharest, Romania.