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Storytelling Suggestions for Rainy Days 1 Tell about
something interesting that happened in the last 24
hours. (From Medicine
Story.) 2 When you daydream,
what do you tend to daydream about? 3 Tell your Life
Story. 4 Tell other
personal-experience stories, such as An eye-opening
experience. A turning point in
one's life. 5 Tell about a
favorite place of yours. Take your listeners
to a place only you know about. Take them to a
place only you can take them. (From Donald
Davis.) 6 Tell about your
favourite ________. (Fill in the
blank.) 7 Tell a favourite
"Grandmother Story" -- perhaps one you heard
during your childhood, or one you have told to a
child (Animal Fables, Fairytales, etc). 8 Pretend you are
walking in a forest. You meet an old lady (or an
old man) who is standing under a tree. Talk
with her. Ask her questions. Answer her
questions. 9 Take any 4 words
and make a story out of them. Take any 4 objects
and make a story out of them. 10 Start with any
real-life situation, and use exaggeration and imagination
to make a fantasy
"story" out of it. 11 Problems and
Solutions. Make a list of
problems -- big and small, personal and
social. For each problem, give a solution. Two possible ways
to play this might be: A problem I have
faced in my life so far is _______________. Possible solutions
to this problem might include _______________. A problem I have
heard of someone else facing is _______________. Possible solutions
to this problem might include _______________. 12 Why Does She Feel
That Way? A character is "happy".
She might feel this way because _______. Substitute other
emotions, such as "angry", "sad", "impatient", "confused",
"relieved", etc. In each case, what
might happen next? *** With any story, one
can -- Describe things
using the five senses: sight, sound,
touch, smell, and flavour. Add new episodes
and characters. Try different
endings. Change it any way
you like. Tell the story from
the points of view of various
characters in the story. Have a group of
people act-out the characters, and
improvise the dialogue. Add melody and/or
rhythm to the telling -- as the narrator
and/or as a character. Identify one's
favorite part, and one's least favorite part. * Sing it. * Dance it. * Draw it -- using
pencil on paper, or with any other materials; make
props, masks, costumes, origami (cut and folded
paper), string figures, etc. * Sculpt it -- in
clay, etc. *** Best regards, - Eric Chennai +91 98403 94282 eric@storytellinginstitute.org <end>
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