Thursday, August 24, 2006
Notes from Storytelling Workshop
* Consider your relationship to the story. Choose your point of view (ex: Tortise and Hare from pov of Tortise's best friend).
* Don't memorize like a script. Know the story (Make a storyboard - six pictures to remind you in case you forget sequence).
* Use five senses to provide details (but don't overdo it! My partner got way bogged down in describing a tree - which really took away from the plot of her story).
* Find a storytelling partner to give you positive feedback (and you give them positive feedback too!)
* If the story surprises you with an unexpected twist (and you're brave) go ahead and follow it. Stories are not static.
* Spending an afternoon telling stories (and listening to a storytelling partner tell stories) is a lot of fun. I highly recomend it!!
Judy Sima
National Story Tellers
Jack Zipes
Raising Voices
* Consider your relationship to the story. Choose your point of view (ex: Tortise and Hare from pov of Tortise's best friend).
* Don't memorize like a script. Know the story (Make a storyboard - six pictures to remind you in case you forget sequence).
* Use five senses to provide details (but don't overdo it! My partner got way bogged down in describing a tree - which really took away from the plot of her story).
* Find a storytelling partner to give you positive feedback (and you give them positive feedback too!)
* If the story surprises you with an unexpected twist (and you're brave) go ahead and follow it. Stories are not static.
* Spending an afternoon telling stories (and listening to a storytelling partner tell stories) is a lot of fun. I highly recomend it!!
Judy Sima
National Story Tellers
Jack Zipes
Raising Voices