Jim Flanagan - Storytelling and Writing are Intertwined.
May 16th 2007Jim FlanaganCoaching Storytelling & Episode List & Literacy & Storytelling in Schools
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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 »
