OVERVIEW
Stories are everywhere, we’re telling tales and stories all the time: text messages, adverts/marketing, video games, TV programmes, dance, song, visual arts….these are all stories. There are many different kinds of story, folk and fairy tales, myth and legends, creation myths, spontaneous stories, biographical stories. Biographical stories are different from tales we’ve heard or read - when you share your own story ‘find some distance’ between you and your story, so you can find its universal appeal. Whereas if you’re telling a tale which is not linked to you, it’s important to draw it closer to you to make it more authentic, for example inhabiting the character in a play.
This worksheet will teach you some techniques for developing and telling stories.