Bringing Stories Alive
express feelings
  • voice
  • face
  • body
  • hands
develop characters
  • little human details
  • have your characters speak - what did they say?
  • what did they do
  • habits
  • clothes
develop settings
  • paint a picture with words
  • sounds
  • smells
  • details that help the listener feel like they are 'there'
  • tell with the fresh eyes of the outsider but the love of the insider

use props sparingly or create them with your words

variety of pace, volume, pitch

sound effects, repetition, rhymes

tell your own version of the story - put yourself in the story

keep any problem or tension in the story

involve audience - satisfy their curiosity

have fun - enjoy telling the story so your audience can enjoy listening

have a satisfying ending, a resolution, to your story

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