May 26th 2007Brother WolfLocal Events & Press Release & Storytelling
1) See the Best Liars of Yellow Springs!
On Thursday, July 5th local storytelling professionals and amateurs will compete for the prize of a Ham Sandwich and a golden shovel in the first ever Yellow Springs Liars Contest. Contestants include Brother Wolf, Harold Wright, Lisa Homes, Carolion Grailbear, Henry Cruise and Shane Dickey. Continue Reading »
May 24th 2007Brother WolfArtistic Marketing & Brother Wolf & Healing Storytelling
If you are interested in how storytelling defines who we are. This article in the New York Times, that was published on Tuesday in the Health section, explores the role of story in a positive self outlook in life.
I highly recommend this article as a source for good arguments in why we do what we do as storytellers and how it can help children to have fulfilling lives.
by Eric Wolf
May 16th 2007Jim FlanaganCoaching Storytelling & Episode List & Literacy & Storytelling in Schools
Post written by James Flanagan to be interviewed on Tuesday May 22nd at 7 PM Missed the call? Don’t worry - you can listen right now by clicking the play button.
To tell a story, you must write it down.
Before you tell it, you must have a point of reference, an outline, and hen scratching a script.
After you tell the story, you refine, and you refine your written story too.
Writing a story leads the teller to be able to see if the tale flows, if it makes sense,
The writing defines the beginning, middle and end. You look at the words and play with the vocabulary and the phrases. You see where in the story, you will have to add emphasis. (You might even insert the directions to change your voice)
I would suggest you read it to someone, they act it out. This acting helps you see what you left out or the jumps in the story.
You tell the story and see how it relates to the written tale. If you revise or change a part put that into the written story. Continue Reading »
May 15th 2007Judith BlackEpisode List & Magical Child & Storytelling in Schools
Post written by Judith Black who was a Guest on the show on Tuesday May 15th at 7pm. Missed the call? Don’t worry - you can listen right now by clicking the play button.
The Dove and the Dragon: Binding Adult Objectives and Children’s Needs in Storytelling
Adult sensibilities and child needs infrequently travel the same orbit.
Adult: “Now sweetie, why don’t I tell you that nice story about the little girl who loves visiting the dentist?”
Child: “No mommy! I want the one about the little girl who goes into the wrong house in the forest and the wolf eats her up.”
Adult: “How about the lovely fairy tale where the princess frees the imprisoned prince and opens a shelter for the kingdom’s peasants?”
Child: “How about the one where the beautiful princess marries the prince and lives happily ever after in a big rich castle.”
Adult: “Let’s tell the one about the kind dragon, who helps the villagers find water.”
Child: “Na, I want the one about the slimy green dragon who rips up all the people into itty bitty bits and gobbles them up.”
The chasm is so deep and wide that they opt for a video tape, a shander* in storytelling circles! (Shander: A Yiddish expression meaning an act of debased dishonor)
Adults edit and censor the stories they share with children. In so much as we are the adults these are our choices to make. Making them solely out of our wants and objectives instead of based in our children’s needs, might Continue Reading »
May 9th 2007Doug LipmanArtistic Marketing & Episode List & Storytelling
Post written by Doug Lipman who was a Guest on the show on Tuesday May 8th at 7pm. Missed the call? Don’t worry - you can listen right now by clicking the play button.
Why is marketing hard for storytellers?
For one thing, we’re up against a hard situation. Like all artists, we do important work: imagining and communicating what human beings are like and can become. Yet, as invaluable as we are to society, we are not rewarded well or supported well. We are even expected to be both artists and marketers. Few people master two such careers!
Also, like many in our society, we misunderstand the nature of marketing. Because many of us think that marketing is “selling things to people who don’t want them,” we are often reluctant to take the steps that would let society benefit from our work.
Once we understand what true marketing is and does, we can Continue Reading »
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I plan on attending this event - hope to see you there.
