Throughout the years I taught, there were a number of misuses of the English language that would drive me crazy. Each instance has been used so frequently that they have become an accepted part of our speech.
June 2007
Evolution of Story
As I build upon the repertoire of stories that I tell, I constantly step back to watch how they evolve.
The first part of telling a story is finding the one that you want to tell. In some instances it’s a story that has been picked years ago with the foreknowledge that someday I will tell it. In others it is one that I hear that just grabs me the right way and I want to research and tell it as soon as I can. There are times when because of a storytelling job I’ve been hired to do, based on a certain theme or audience, I actively search out stories of that type to fit the audience I will be performing for. In this case the story, doesn’t fall in my lap as do the first two types.
Regardless of how I come upon the story, the time comes when it is time to learn the story and watch it grow. Continue reading Evolution of Story…