Kevin Cordi

FEASTMay 15 at 8:06 AM · As a teller, teacher, writer, or community organizer, are you using narrative to its full potential? Although we know humans are “wi...

As a school student a teacher often calls us up to the desk and the first question about the story that you are writing is, "What is your story about?" In o...

In this Word Dancing exercise we play with the possibility of exploring time. This is more than time that you keep on your watch, it is more of what can hap...

It is great to hear from others who are engaging in Word Dancing exercises. I want you to know that when I was writing the book Playing with Stories (Parkhu...

Valuing storytellers who share digital stories.

Dear Word Dancers, I hope now you have an idea for your story and are ready to expand on the idea. In Playing with Stories, the exercises are vocal, oral---...

In these challenging times, I have decided to re-issue my Word Dancing Challenge. As we are having trouble with seeing what happens tomorrow, let us play to...

By Kevin D. Cordi It is close to 7:00 P.M, the library closes in two hours.  People come in from the cold, some faces are familiar, there is older Flora and ...

By Kevin D. Cordi (I invite you to post this or pass it around or amend it so it fits for you.) June 15, 2019 One must continually reflect when they chose to...

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A STORY (the internal monologue of story) By Kevin D. Cordi (June 1998) Once upon a time, no that is not a good beginning. Onec when there w...

The well-known talented professional storyteller Pleasant DeSpain shares with us his wisdom and journey.

October 24, 2019 It was 1992, I was honored to teach storytelling full time in California, according to NSN serving as “the first full time high school story...

A challenge to show who work with story

As Storytellers, we need to explore Story Making as much as Storytelling. Too often we privilege the telling as the most important value. We spend time wor...

I am happy to announce that I am part of this dynamic summit with over 50 plus of the world’s most inspiring and experienced practitioners of story and narra...

Permission 2 Play ---Let the play resume Have you considered how valuable play is in working with stories? After doing a workshop in Maryland on play and st...

Although creativity is often linked to the arts, it is important to remember you can be artistic when creating your own curriculum. It is not regulated to a...

He didn’t plan on me being a storyteller, he simply told me stories. Although he spent tired days at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Plant in Akron, Ohio, he came ...

As you continue to work with stories, people will come to you to help them with their stories. At this point you take on the role of the “coach.” Howe...

I once had a student in my creative writing class and for whatever reason she chose not to be creative in her assignments. When I asked her about it, she re...