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 thought to myself that I would love to tell lots of stories about growing up, but I really don’t have many stories that are exciting enough to tell. At least not that I can remember on my own.
That’s where the book, Telling Your Own Stories, by Donald Davis comes in. The cover description states, “For Family and Classroom Storytelling, Public Speaking, and Personal Journaling.” What he has done in the book is come up with a number of story prompts that can be used to trigger the memories you need to develop these stories. You can use the book for yourself, or use the prompts to get others to tell. Granted not all of the stories shared will become great tales to tell, but some of them might. Over the next few writings I hope to respond to some of the prompts in the book.
