Storytelling exercises series#
In this story, Jason looks back on the series of events that lead to a new hairstyle, one immortalized forever in his school photo. Our storyteller this month is Jason Schommer – a fixture on the stage at Twin Cities StorySLAMs – first as a storyteller, and now as a regular host. If you’re having trouble coming up with a story, break out that photo album! It is filled with pictures that could be worth thousands of your words. I met my grandfather – who died before I was born – through the photos of him and accompanying tales from my mother.įor my own stories, I love when people look at a picture and ask “Oh, what is this?” or “Where were you?” – for me, it’s a lot easier to respond to that than something broad like: “Tell me about your summer.” With the latter, I will probably say “It was good, I spent a lot of time in nature.” But with the former, you will hear ALL ABOUT how I was totally unprepared for that hike I went on in June and was completely dehydrated when that photo was taken and almost didn’t make it back down the mountain, but I learned a lot about how far I can push my own limits and so on and so forth!
I was able to go on my parents’ cross-country road trip with them – even though I wasn’t even conceived yet! I learned what my best friend from college was like in high school – and wondered if we would have been as close if we’d met 4 years earlier.
I have learned a great deal about my friends and family through looking at their photo albums (both physical and digital) and listening to my loved ones talk about the pictures.
But also a picture can be worth a thousand words in that one photograph can inspire a whole story. How often have you heard the phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” and taken it to mean that something is better conveyed by an image than by a written or verbal explanation? And, sure - maybe sometimes that’s true.
Storytelling exercises how to#
Emily is the Producer of Special Projects & Radio at The Moth, which means she works behind the scenes supporting the organization’s artistic staff – including the authors of How to Tell a Story, which is in bookstores now! This month’s blog was guest authored by Emily Couch. Lesson #49: Photographic Memories: “The Home Perm: Teenage Rebellion Never Looked so Good!” - Jason Schommer INTRODUCTORY GREETINGS
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