From Dr Eric Miller,

Director, World Storytelling Institute

and Chennai Storytelling Festival 2017

Some possible activities

for a 2.5-hour Storytelling Workshop on

"Storytelling Basics"

1) Warm-up

(Participants are together in one group).

2) Telling Stories about Something That Happened in the Past 24 Hours

(Personal-experience stories)

(Participants in pairs).

3) Telling Stories about Eye-opening Experiences (Personal-experience stories)

(Participants in pairs). 

4)  Telling Animal Fables, Fairy Tales, and/or Episodes of Epics

(Grandmother stories) 

(Participants in pairs).

5) Story-composing Activities and Storytelling Games

(Original Creative Stories)

(Participants in groups of 4 or 5).

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This Material Could Be Taught to Workshop Participants --

Storytelling techniques.

Some criteria for effective storytelling.

When preparing and telling any story, one could do these things.

Additional Suggestions.

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