“What happened next?” is the most underrated sentence in any conversation.

Most conversations run on exchange: you say a thing, I say a comparable thing, and both stories stay shallow. Asking what happened next does something different. It signals that you want the rest rather than a turn, and it sends the other person past their rehearsed summary into the part they have not told before.

Try holding back your own related story for one conversation. When someone finishes, ask for the next piece instead of matching it. People remember whoever wanted the whole thing far longer than they remember a good reply.