Valuing storytellers who share digital stories.

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

A challenge to show who work with story

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...

Listening to story is a Healing Practice initially recorded on DECEMBER 31, 2010 in STORYTELLING AND HEALING Storytelling: A Healing Art As we discuss our he...

Create a legacy for tomorrow. People are hungry for stories. It is part of our very being. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too. It goes...

I entered the school early even before my students arrived. My students said proceed with trepidation, the school was a rough school. However, after being ...

Today we spotlight the work of Debra Weller who has been working and running storytelling camps for years. She, a California Storyteller, has been leading st...

The way we receive stories is amazing. I am listening to Anna Tivel's song "Dark Chandelier" and need to take pause to realize that so much of hard times can...

My wife and I are celebrating 10 years of our formal connection, 10 years of marriage by spending quality time in Barcelona, Spain. Even traveling, most pe...

For over 25 years I have been adjusting and readjusting my eyes or better yet, my perspective. For this many years I have been a professional storyteller a...

Story Catching by KEVIN CORDI on FEBRUARY 19, 2011 (In honor of the Oral History Institute at Kenyon College) To grasp, hold, secure, never let go, reach o...

Story Gathering Assistance Sheet June 2017 In order to assist you in recollecting stories, I have prepared this Story Gathering Assistant Sheet to guide you....

My friend and fellow writing reporter and reviewer Doug Dangler interviewed me a while back when I served as the first Academic-Storyteller-in-Residence at ...

When we give a gift, we unlock doors to listening. Giving Gifts: The Basics of Storytelling All of us wonder about life—why is the sky blue, why does the sun...

I appreciate the response on part one about the myths of youth storytelling. Please feel free to add to these myths. I would invite you to take part in thi...

To be a person is to have a story to tell. -Isak Dinesen 1. Change begins with perception. Remember the telling experience is connected to the listening ex...

It is hard not to picture the stereotypes associated with terms like “redneck” or “hillbilly.” These stereotypes are often the butt of many jokes. But like...

There is a Chinese proverb that states, “Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary.” Indeed, there is healing in a good cup of tea and S...

I had the rich pleasure of diving deep into the storytelling process as Geraldine Buckley shares more about the craft and her personal journey as a storytell...