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Always Have a Story Ready ... You Don't Know When You'll Need It!
During the first part of 2002, I completed three weeks of jury duty. So, what does that have to do with storytelling? Part of picking the jury members included a questionnaire that we each had to fill out for the judge and the lawyers. Under occupation, I included “storyteller” along with my other careers. When the lawyer for the prosecution questioned me in front of the court, he asked me quite a few questions about storytelling. I don’t know how many of you have ever served on a jury, but one quantity over which you don’t have any control is time – as the bailiff said, “Court time isn’t real time.” As we jurors spent many hours waiting in the jury room, I was, as a storyteller, asked to tell stories. Fortunately, knowing that other storytellers have come to the rescue in other situations, I was prepared – and they loved it!
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The Dilemma of Storytelling ... What Is It?
When I refer to the <B>Dilemma of Storytelling</B> I am actually asking the question, “What is it?” Storytelling, which has been around since caveman days, comes in so many flavors, touches so many people and lives, and is so compelling that it is impossible to define. When I tell people, “I am a storyteller,” unless they have heard a storyteller in a school, library, festival, museum, and/or concert there is immediate confusion. “Do you read stories to children?” “Do you write stories?” “What kind of stories?” and “You mean that people tell stories for a living?” are but a few of the questions asked. And, even storytellers who perform can’t agree on a definition of storytelling and storytellers. In this column, I share some of my ideas and the ideas of other storytellers on this perplexing topic.
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