Sue Hinkel presents: Tips for Telling

WRITING THROUGH STORYTELLING

by

The Joy of Storytelling - Diann Joy Bank

A storyteller is one who tells stories. The best was to learn to tell or write a story is to JUST DO IT! Remember, you are as unique as your own thumbprint.

STORYTELLER TIPS:

1. Choose a story you really like

2. Visualize your story

   1. Setting - where? smells? sounds?

   2. Characters - age? appearance? voice?

   3. Crisis -sequence of major events

   4. Resolution - solve the conflict (invent different endings to the story)

3. Use your eye contact with your listeners

4. Have your audience be CO-TELLERS through participation

   1. Use sounds (squeaking doors, howling wind, animals)

   2. Use movements (clapping, flying, sneeing)

   3. Use chants and repetitive phrases (walking, walking, walking through the woods; Do you see wha tI see?)

5. EXAGGERATE your voice and movements

6. RELAX - ENJOY - DON'T WORRY (If you forget a part of the story, just add it on and say, "and don"t forget about..." or "I almost forgot to tell you...")

WRITING TIPS

1. Re-write the story from another point of view

2. Take one of the characters and create a new story for him/her

3. Change one of hte characters and see how the story plays out

4. What happened before the story began? Explain in writing

5. Create a new ending or extend the storyline

6. Create new dialogue

7. Write an up-to-date version of the story

8. Write a letter to one of the characters, praising them, criticizing them, giving them advice, etc...

9. Go to the library and research informatino onthe people, customs, and history of the country your story comes from