10th
October Story Telling Workshop Evening Number 2.
Another successful workshop evening took place this
Wednesday. This time we were on home
ground at Lewisham Methodist Church. We
had a great turn out.
Highly cosmopolitan!
we had members from Lewisham Speakers, Citi Criers, Bromley, Meridian, and Croydon Communicators, and London
Trustmasters. This coupled with a well
organised meeting made for a productive and thoroughly enjoyable session.
The evening was led by Julie, but she had come
prepared with her assistants at hand too.
Richard took us on a journey on how we can come up with ideas for a
story. He introduced us to
timelines. A way of reflecting on our
own life’s experiences in a way that stimulates our thought process to come up
with ideas for our stories. No more climbing the walls trying to think of
ideas!!
Flavia then took us through the composition of what makes
for a good story. We need a beginning;
we need a climax, conflict, and an end.
She gave us good examples to illustrate her points.
Nobody was going to be left out; we all had the opportunity
to speak and give impromptu stories, and to learn more about what makes for an
interesting story. We all agreed that
the more personal a story is the more appealing it appears to be.
I am now looking forward to our next Story Telling Workshop
to be held at Meridian Speakers. I looking
forward to it and hope to see you there too.
The more the merrier!!
Great workshop, indeed. Wonderfully told interesting 2-3' stories.
ReplyDeleteI will never forget Richard's trembling hand, nor Eleine's tortured face. Nor the drunk woman from the bus, and Natasha'a laughter at the end. And so many more! As we go, we progress and also,gain confidence.