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Improving Your Storytelling

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"A thoughtful framework that can apply to anyone whose livelihood depends on keeping an audience rapt, including lawyers, teachers and salespeople...." - Publishers Weekly

Improving Your Storytelling

Beyond the Basics for All Who Tell Stories in Work or Play

Doug Lipman

For the public speaker, salesman, teacher, pastor or librarian who's already a pretty good talker, this is the guide for taking your story skills to the next level.

"Lipman's down-to-earth approach allows for flexibility rather than an emphasis on memorization. Advising the would-be speaker to 'think in the present' when performing, Lipman articulates basic concepts in the use of oral language and of imagery and gestures.

"He believes that retelling a story informally many times helps the speaker determine what is most meaningful about it - a connection he terms the Most Important Thing (MIT), since he firmly believes that a story's meanings flow from the speaker's MIT. "In addition to a sensitive discussion of how to build a relationship with an audience, he also focuses on the importance of warm-up techniques, and numerous anti-anxiety techniques.

"The best result? In storytelling as in life, one must 'combine the knowledge of how to work toward transformation with the patience to let it happen out of your control.'" - Publisher's Weekly

"Although the book is full of suggestions for exercises and very practical remedies, it is more than a how-to manual. It teaches the aesthetic and moral principles we must understand in order to make our own informed decisions as responsible tellers." - Territorial Tattler

224 pages

You can read excerpts from Improving Your Storytelling, including the Table of Contents and the beginning of Section 5: Putting It All Together.

Fran Stallings wrote a review for the Territorial Tattler newsletter.

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