On episode #58 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Elysha and I take our show on the road to Miss Porter’s School in Farmington, CT.
Today’s podcast was recorded in front of a group of students who will be spending the week with me, writing, telling stories and learning to podcast.
In our follow-up segment, we will learn about the storytelling possibilities while competing in the sport of curling, and we will go under the podcasting hood to discuss some of the hopefully occasional imperfections in the editing of our podcast.
STORYTELLING WORKSHOPS 2019
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July 27: Storytelling workshop (advanced), CT Historical Society
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July 29-August 2: Storytelling bootcamp, CT Historical Society
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August 17: Storytelling workshop, Taproot Theater, Seattle, WA
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October 4-6: Storytelling workshop, Art of Living Retreat, Boone, NC
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October 25-27: Storytelling workshop (beginners), Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
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December 6-8: Storytelling workshop (advanced), Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
STORYTELLING SHOWS 2019
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August 10: Great Hartford Story Slam at Hartford Flavor Company
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August 17: Solo storytelling show at Taproot Theater, Seattle, WA
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September 7: “Tests” at Real Art Ways
Next I tell a story live to my students.
Amongst the many things we discuss about that story include:
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The importance of listening when searching for new stories
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Creating scenes in the minds of the audience
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The importance of getting listeners to wonder what is going to happen next (and the ruthlessness that is sometimes applied when you’re not wondering what will happen next)
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The “laugh laugh laugh cry” model of storytelling
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Using surprise in order to turn a story
Finally, we answer student questions about telling other people’s stories and why we never invent things that didn’t actually happen when telling our stories.
LINKS
Purchase Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling
Purchase Twenty-one Truths About Love
Homework for Life: https://bit.ly/2f9ZPne
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