His lessons include: Have a point Include details that someone else can remember and share Start strong and conversationally
Category Archives: Storytelling advice
Ask Men gives storytelling advice from comedians
AskMen.com ran an item on on some lessons hopeful storytellers can take from comedians, most of whom, in the end, do more storytelling than joke telling. Read the item here to get more details on these tips. Be Brief Give Details Use Story Twists Work the Crowd Act out the Characters Practice End on the [...]
How to tell a story (even when nothing happens)
Some cat shows you why no story needs to fizzle at the end and no story needs to be boring.
Apparently Mark Twain has something to say about telling a story
I came across a lengthy essay attributed to Mark Twain called ‘How to Tell a Story.’ There’s some relevance in there, I’d say. Give it a look: “I do not claim that I can tell a story as it ought to be told. I only claim to know how a story ought to be told, [...]
Ira Glass of This American Life gives his storytelling basics
In this four-part video clip series, Ira Glass, the host of This American Life, gives some lessons for storytelling in audio and broadcast. In this first video, he gives his basics of storytelling. Below, he also talks about letting go of bad stories, accepting you’ll be bad at first and will be able to tell [...]
