Category Archives: Storytelling

Fire update

Posted on September 9, 2007 by hdh

As I continue to work on editing and revising my Fire Alarm Story for telling, I am thankful to all of my friends and colleagues for all of the suggestions that they have given me. Here is the latest update: … Continue reading →

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Evolution of Story

Posted on June 25, 2007 by hdh

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 … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Fire? A telling version.

Posted on May 4, 2007 by hdh

A few months ago, I wrote an entry about when I was 5 years old and pulled a fire alarm (see Where’s the Fire?) I have since decided that I want to tell this as personal story. That brings out … Continue reading →

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Writing Songs

Posted on April 11, 2007 by hdh

I’ve always been impressed how singer/storytellers like Bill Harley, Michael Parent, and others create the songs that they write and perform. In the past year, I’ve written two songs, both of which I would like to use in my storytelling … Continue reading →

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What will you remember 20 years from now?

Posted on February 16, 2007 by hdh

One of the scenarios that I put interviewing teacher candidates in when I was on interviewing committees was, “Pretend that we hired you, and you’ve now been teaching here for 20 years. You run into one of your ex-students from … Continue reading →

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Can you remember a time you tried to cook something and it didn’t turn out?

Posted on January 23, 2007 by hdh

I love to bake. One of the things that I used to bake a lot was bread. This was before I purchased a mixer with a dough hook and before I purchased a bread machine. No, I loved physically doing … Continue reading →

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Personal Stories – Using Story Prompts

Posted on January 23, 2007 by hdh

Finding ideas to write about in your own personal past is sometimes difficult to do. I’ve listened to a number of tellers, who tell stories about their childhood and their families and events that happened in their lives. I’ve often … Continue reading →

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Elements of Story

Posted on January 17, 2007 by hdh

One of the writing/storytelling activities that I did as a teacher was entitled, “Elements of Story”. The premise of the lesson involved a discussion with the class of elements necessary to make good fictional stories. The elements that we developed … Continue reading →

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The Power of Telling

Posted on January 11, 2007 by hdh

I began my storytelling career in 1981.The Shoreham-Wading River Middle School cast me as Hans Christian Anderson in the musical play by the same name. Up until that point in my life (all 30 years of it) I had never … Continue reading →

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Characters – Joanna

Posted on January 1, 2007 by hdh

Joanna is a worrier. Think of anything that could go wrong and she’s already thought of it and is afraid it will happen.

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