Story Framework
Justice
Advocacy arc inspired by the rhetorical structure of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech: name the inequality, share the dream, build urgency, layer further visions, emphasize unity, call to action, and close on hope. For movement-building keynotes and mission-driven speeches.
Beat Diagram
- 1Introductiontext-1x / text
- 2Give Contexttext-1x / text
- 3Highlight Inequalitytext-1x / text
- 4Share the Dreamtext-1x / text
- 5Create Urgencytext-1x / text
- 6Continue the Visiontext-1x / text
- 7Emphasize Unitytext-1x / text
- 8Final Visiontext-1x / text
- 9Call to Actiontext-1x / text
- 10Show Determinationtext-1x / text
- 11Create Hopetitle / text
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STORYD writes a presentation around your topic and applies Justice across every slide. No template hunting, no copy-paste.
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OPF Config
narratives:justice{
"$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf/v1",
"name": "PPTX.gallery — narratives/justice",
"narrative": "justice",
"tags": [
"gallery:narratives/justice"
],
"slides": [
{
"id": "gallery-preview-1",
"layout": "title-slide",
"title": "Narrative preview",
"subtitle": "Storyline scaffolded by the \"justice\" narrative.",
"design": {
"contentBox": false,
"contentAlignment": "center",
"titleAlignment": "center"
}
}
]
}Preview this config live at pptx.dev/playground, or load it in the gallery visual editor.
Pace
10-30 minutes
11 beats
Audience Fit
Tags
Beat-by-Beat Guide
Introduction
Set the stage with a moment that earns the audience's full attention. Speak in the moral register the rest of the talk will require. Avoid throat-clearing — open as if the speech were already underway.
Instruction: Set the stage
Give Context
Place the issue in its historical and current context. What promises were made, what has and hasn't been kept. Context turns the speech from opinion into accountability.
Instruction: Put in historical and current context
Highlight Inequality
Show specific, undeniable examples of the inequality at issue. Concrete moments and people, not abstractions. The audience should feel the gap between what is and what was promised.
Instruction: Show examples of inequality
Share the Dream
Describe the future you envision in vivid, specific detail. The dream must be both ambitious and recognizable — a world the audience can picture themselves living in.
Instruction: Describe your vision
Create Urgency
Explain why the time for change is now. The cost of waiting, the moment that won't return. Urgency converts shared vision into shared movement.
Instruction: Explain the need for immediate change
Continue the Vision
Layer additional visions of the future in parallel structure. Repetition and rhythm build momentum the way a single image cannot.
Instruction: Continue to elaborate on your vision
Emphasize Unity
Speak to the collective power of the audience together. Name common ground that crosses lines the issue normally divides. Unity is the engine that turns dream into march.
Instruction: Talk about collective power
Final Vision
Deliver one more, fully realized vision of the world you're calling for. Specific enough to be remembered, expansive enough to inspire.
Instruction: Further share dreams of ideal in-depth
Call to Action
Ask the audience to participate in the change. Be specific about what 'doing something' looks like — show, march, give, vote, organize. Vague CTAs produce vague action.
Instruction: Ask audience to participate in change
Show Determination
Encourage persistence in the face of resistance. Acknowledge what will be hard. Determination, named honestly, is more durable than easy optimism.
Instruction: Encourage persistence
Create Hope
Close on hope grounded in evidence: progress already made, victories already won, ground already moved. Hope as a conclusion lands strongest when it sounds like it has been earned.
Instruction: Inspire hope for future