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ARTICLES FOR STORYTELLERS |
A Story Writer and Teller Delineates How We Process Information
If we look at how people process information, perhaps from an audience member's perspective there really isn't all that much difference between a read story and a heard story. (heresy in the storytelling world because we don't read stories to audiences, we tell them, but perhaps because it's considered heresy it deserves a closer look) Everything I say in this article about readers could be true about a story listener too
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Recipe for Storytelling - interview with Martha Cheves
Excerpts ...
Martha: As I worked up a recipe I would remember things from my past pertaining to cooking. Some are mistakes I made while working up the dish and some are just funny stories related to the recipe or dish. We all have these stories locked in our memories. "How did you like liver the first time you were forced to eat it?", "what did you do the first time you ate squash?" "Have you ever been told that you couldn’t leave the table until you cleaned your plate?" "Have you ever baked a cake that had to be held together with toothpicks?" "Did you forget to take the tooth picks out?" The memories go on and on. We all have memories like these and as each incident was happening, it wasn’t funny. But tell the story now and see if you don’t laugh. And these memories are what help make us human.
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 DUBLINERS
Excerpts ...
Dublin is a city that clearly loves its writers. And Dubliners have every right to be proud to have birthed one of Ireland’s greatest modernist writers. A few months ago, I organised to meet up with a good friend of mine in Ireland. She was doing a European tour and her last destination was Dublin. I always need a book when I’m travelling to read on the plane or train so I bought a copy of Dubliners to read on my trip to Dublin. How appropriate to be reading Dubliners in Dublin! It turned out to be the perfect travelling companion as it portrays the city from a true Dubliners point of view, rather than from the perspective of the tourist. James Joyce immortalised the character and charm of the city of Dublin and truly captures the spirit of the people in this collection of short stories. Lonely Planet, eat your heart out!
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 Is your bush burning? (1)
Excerpts ...
Who says you cannot derive business ideas and models from storytelling? Yes, you can, if you understand the story, get revelation knowledge from it, and apply them to your own business. .
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The Gene Genie
Excerpts ...
“I told them all to eff off, and to get out of my
face.”
Beevis received a spontaneous round of applause
for her performance and Butt ‘Ed was delighted.
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 A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance - Benjamin Disraeli
Both used the word ‘lucky’ when they spoke of their journey to becoming
published authors. I wondered if they were really lucky. I listened to
what they had to say. I was impressed by both the tenacity and
determination these authors had to get their book published. Preeta
Samarasan spoke of the editor to asked appropriate questions. In
answering them, Preeta Samarasan was able to effectively edit her novel.
Chiew-Siah Tei explained about her transition from being a successful
writer in Chinese to writing in English. Both took years to complete
their books but throughout, both worked consistently and, thereby,
achieved their dreams.
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please click here.
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STORYTELLER'S NUTS AND BOLTS |
 Are You Using Transitions?
Transitions are words or phrases that help make connections between
sentences and paragraphs. In many cases sentences and paragraphs can
stand on their own, but to help the reader flow through the material
without stumbling, transitions are usually needed.
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Give me the bad news first
Excerpts ...
There was a line in one of the Godfather Series movies that went something like “give me the bad news first.” I think that it may have been spoken at the wedding scene when various supplicators approached the Godfather for favors but he first had to be briefed by his attorney of what was going on that would affect his “family.”
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Scorpio's Child
Excerpts ...
People often think of Libras
as soft gentle loving souls who simply want to shop, dine by candlelight, and
talk your ear off. The truth is that Libra’s children are some of the
kindest most diplomatic dictators you will ever meet. They fight for
justice and will make sure that the underdog gets his day of glory. Libra
is the personification of the concept ‘kill them with kindness’ and ‘honey
attracts more than vinegar’. Do not make the mistake of thinking that your
chatty Libra is an airhead. They are brilliant and often have a mission in
mind. Yes, there are plenty of times that they simply want someone to talk
to for companionship’s sake, but quite often they are analyzing how to improve
the world around them.
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The Flight of the Swans by D. Devika Bai
Excerpts
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The tale progresses along at
a sedate pace but, just when you think you can predict what the end will be, the
climax of the tale leaves the reader spell bound. It is a fitting end to a tale
that has a central theme of family ties that bind. Ramdas’s strength of
character is clearly evident when he is willing to risk all for his principles;
in addition, his wife’s, reverence and obedience to her mother-in-law, Madhav’s
love for his wife, Tara, and her own loyalty to her husband all show just how
strong family bonds can be, how far parents will go to do the very best for
their children and vice versa. Even Nilkanth, who is disappointed in love,
‘saves’ his parents when they face adversity.....
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Storytelling is used in a wide range of situations -
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and interpersonal work.
There are two separate workshops coming up which use the OH cards, a
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