{ "datasetId": "jli-short-form-storytelling-corpus-2026-v1", "name": "Josh Liljenquist Short-Form Storytelling Corpus — Version 1", "version": "1.0", "reviewedAt": "2026-09-20", "sourceCorpusSha256": "d854e2fec64db8a8ae1170a21bde3fcea58b1f73f8ffc6eafdca9ce83dc3345c", "methodologyUrl": "https://joshliljenquist.com/creator-resources/short-form-storytelling/#methodology", "scope": "The same 52 eligible public video editions in the approved Hook-to-Payoff corpus, extended with story-stage, resolution, and detailed-breakdown fields.", "limitations": [ "Single-creator corpus.", "YouTube/public-site editions only.", "Transcript-led structural coding; visual sequence was not independently frame-coded for all 52 videos.", "No private retention or performance analytics.", "Participant statements are attributed source material, not independent verification." ], "structures": [ { "id": "small-request-to-reversal", "label": "Small request → generosity → reversal", "definition": "A bounded request opens the exchange; the participant responds; later context changes who is helping whom.", "include": "The initial request must create the interaction and the direction of assistance must later reverse.", "exclude": "Exclude price-first exchanges, welfare checks, and stories that begin inside a practical action.", "sequence": [ "hook", "setup", "participant response", "context", "reversal", "payoff", "resolution" ], "limitation": "The opening request does not independently establish that every later reaction was unplanned.", "count": 16 }, { "id": "welfare-check-to-support", "label": "Welfare check → personal context → support", "definition": "An immediate check-in identifies a condition or concern; circumstances emerge; the story moves toward support.", "include": "The first clear beat must ask about the participant’s immediate wellbeing or situation.", "exclude": "Exclude openings led by a request from Josh, a price question, or a result preview.", "sequence": [ "hook", "immediate condition", "personal context", "intervention", "payoff", "reaction or resolution" ], "limitation": "A welfare question documents the recorded exchange, not an independent verification of every circumstance discussed.", "count": 8 }, { "id": "need-to-context-to-response", "label": "Immediate need → context → response", "definition": "A concrete need is stated first; conversation supplies context; a practical or emotional response follows.", "include": "A participant or scene must state a specific need or constraint before the broader story is known.", "exclude": "Exclude welfare questions and small requests made by Josh.", "sequence": [ "need", "context", "development", "intervention", "payoff", "resolution" ], "limitation": "The need may be participant-reported; the transcript does not independently verify private records.", "count": 7 }, { "id": "transaction-to-discovery", "label": "Transaction → purpose discovery → support", "definition": "A price, sale, or service starts the video; the reason behind it becomes the larger story.", "include": "The transaction must be the first clear premise and lead to a documented purpose or circumstance.", "exclude": "Exclude general requests for food or money that are not framed as an exchange.", "sequence": [ "transaction hook", "purpose discovery", "context", "support decision", "payoff", "ending" ], "limitation": "A purchase or price question alone does not verify the participant’s wider account.", "count": 7 }, { "id": "action-to-conversation", "label": "Action → conversation → resolution", "definition": "The video begins inside a practical action; conversation reveals context; the action develops into a response.", "include": "A visible or practical action must precede the full explanation.", "exclude": "Exclude openings where a question or statement already supplies the premise.", "sequence": [ "action hook", "conversation", "context", "intervention", "payoff", "resolution" ], "limitation": "The transcript captures spoken evidence more completely than visual staging or shot sequence.", "count": 5 }, { "id": "recap-to-update", "label": "Recap → present update → outcome", "definition": "An earlier encounter is re-established; the video moves to the present; a new result or next step is delivered.", "include": "The story must depend on an earlier public encounter and add a current update.", "exclude": "Exclude result-preview edits that reveal the later outcome before the chronology.", "sequence": [ "recap", "prior context", "present action", "update", "outcome", "reaction" ], "limitation": "The update supports the stated result in that edition, not every later outcome.", "count": 4 }, { "id": "result-to-flashback-to-reveal", "label": "Result preview → flashback → reveal", "definition": "A later result is previewed; earlier context explains how it arose; the full reveal returns at the end.", "include": "The opening must disclose or preview a later result before returning to earlier chronology.", "exclude": "Exclude chronological update stories that do not preview the result.", "sequence": [ "result preview", "flashback", "problem/context", "intervention", "full reveal", "reaction", "resolution" ], "limitation": "Previewing an outcome describes edit order; it does not establish why viewers stayed.", "count": 3 }, { "id": "unexpected-statement-to-context", "label": "Unexpected statement → context → response", "definition": "A surprising statement creates the first narrative question; conversation explains it; the story redirects toward a response.", "include": "The opening claim must be unusual enough to create the main question resolved by later context.", "exclude": "Exclude ordinary statements of need or direct welfare questions.", "sequence": [ "unexpected statement", "clarification", "personal context", "action", "payoff", "resolution" ], "limitation": "Only two eligible corpus records use this structure, so the pattern is descriptive and small-sample.", "count": 2 } ], "stats": { 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