I have memories of my childhood, unique memories that once in a while I share with others in my Toastmaster audience. Sometimes I mention them in Table Topics, sometimes I develop them more fully in a prepared speech. Other times I listen to and enjoy the memories of others.
The important thing about memories is the [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Memories
Posted in For Toastmasters, Uncategorized on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Right-Sized Action
Posted in Brighten the story, Uncategorized on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When someone tells me it was an action-packed movie I know there were lots of explosions, gunfire, high-speed chases, fast cars and planes. Action is important in a movie, but your story doesn’t all have to have the subtlety of a tank.
Your story might feature a grandmother in a rocking chair gazing down at her [...]
From Example to Story
Posted in For Toastmasters, Uncategorized on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s say I’m doing a speech presentation for a wild life rescue organization. Once I get into my speech I might say something like:
“I want to talk to you tonight about raptors. Raptors are birds of prey like eagles, hawks and owls.”
This gives me three simple examples of what I’m going to speak about. Everyone [...]
Wartime in Whalley
Posted in The Story Challenge, Uncategorized on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
WARTIME IN WHALLEY
by Laurier Primeau
“Tell me another story about when you were young, Dad.”
“Well, I think it’s your bedtime, Luc.”
“Oh, come on! One more!”
“Well, okay…One night back in the summer of 1996, I was stuck in Whalley with only my sixteen-inch ghutzee knife and a .38 calibre handgun.”
“That’s all you had? How’d you [...]
Story telling: Ten Best Tips
Posted in For Toastmasters, For writers, Uncategorized, tagged story telling, top ten on February 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love these ‘top ten’ lists that condense a lot of information into a short space, so here goes with my story telling list:
1.Understand what the story is about and why you are using it. Ask yourself – Why this story? Why now? Does it fit this audience? Is it the best story for my [...]
Polishing your story
Posted in For Toastmasters, General on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, so I’ve written this story or anecdote. It says what I wanted to say, fits with my speech, has a strong character, action and dialogue and it comes to a solid conclusion. Great stuff! Ready to go!
Not so fast. This is the point at which a carpenter making a table would have joined the [...]
Confidence
Posted in For Toastmasters, General, Uncategorized on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I first started writing my stories were about people very different from myself – different age, gender, nationality, living lives not at all like mine. After all, my life was so ordinary, I thought, that no-one would be the least bit interested in hearing about it.
As I’ve grown and learned about writing fiction I’ve [...]
