ira glass on story telling

Robert Krulwilch's appeal for more storytelling in science made me think about my own faults as a story teller. I've been trying to put together a book with limited success and I'm thinking of taking a different approach.

Some time ago I watched four videos by Ira Glass (god of This American Life) on the subject.

highly recommended if you need to create a good narrative

part 1 the basics

part 2 finding the stories

part 3 on good taste and sticking with it

part 4 speaking in your own voice

Comments

[Ronda Del Boccio, The Story Lady]

Ira Glass is brilliant, and he even shares his mistakes in one of the videos.

teh thing most people miss is that your story needs both a series of things happening (events) and also something to give it meaning. He calls this the momnet of reflection.

The Story Lady