interview-storytellinglisted

# Interview Storytelling ## When This Skill Applies - Producing a long-form article based on one or more interviews with named experts - Building an internal feature story about a team, program, or customer - Aggregating 3-5 expert quotes into a single roundup piece - Turning a podcast or webinar transcript into readable long-form content - Any brief where human voice and attributable quotes are the primary source material ## Core Guidance ### 1. 5W1H Question Matrix Before the interview, draft at least two questions per dimension. The matrix forces coverage of the full story surface. | Dimension | Purpose | Example Prompt Pattern | |-----------|---------|------------------------| | Why | Motivation, cause, origin | `Why did [decision] happen when it did?` | | Who | Stakeholders, audience, affected parties | `Who pushed for this, and who resisted?` | | What | Concrete objects, outputs, artifacts | `What did the first version look like?` | | When | Sequence, timing, triggers | `When did you realize the approach was wrong?` | | Where | Context, environment, location | `Where in the workflow did this break first?` | | How | Mechanism, method, process | `How did you actually measure that outcome?` | During the interview, let Why and How questions run long. Who, What, When, and Where questions collect facts for verification. ### 2. Three-Part Answer Arc Each spoken answer and each written passage built from that answer follows the same structure. | Part | Duration (spoke