I’m going to make a movie. Lights! Camera! Action!
Notice that last word ‘Action!’ Hollywood is the epicentre of world story telling. If they place that much emphasis on ‘Action!’ then maybe we should follow that example.
A speech story, however, doesn’t need to be all action all the time. Endless dashing around doing stuff loses impact [...]
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Contest Speech Stories #3 ACTION
Posted in For Toastmasters, Uncategorized, tagged action on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Stories for Contests #2 Character
Posted in For Toastmasters, Uncategorized on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a very good chance that the character in your contest speech stories is you yourself. Why not? You only know a few of another person’s experiences but you know all of yours. It just gives you more experiences, anecdotes and stories to choose from.
If the tales are about you, you need to stand back [...]
Choices for a Humorous Speech
Posted in For Toastmasters, Uncategorized, tagged humor, humorous speech on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t be the only person who has weird stuff happening to them. Yesterday I took my grandson to a large specialty ice cream shop in a seaside town. Big shop on a high rent sea-front corner. Fancy awning, indoor and outdoor seating. The hard-faced teen behind the counter told us right off, “We only [...]
Humorous story
Posted in For Toastmasters, Uncategorized on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Like nailing Jello to a tree” my brother-in-law used to say when he found elements of a task to be vague, unsubstantial and now-you-see-it-now-you-don’t. He liked things to be practical, concrete and reliable. He loved to tell jokes. He would have hated putting together a humorous speech, though, because so much about them is “if’s” [...]
The Touching Story
Posted in For Toastmasters, Uncategorized, tagged emotion, empathy, feeling on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I have written these posts and gathered them into book form I have taken care not to research from the Toastmaster manuals. I read them a few years ago when I was working on the projects, but I have not re-read them for the Story Solver articles.
At this point, with both projects very close [...]
Bringing History to Life
Posted in For Toastmasters, Uncategorized, tagged enthusiasm, history on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I have written these posts and gathered them into book form I have taken care not to research from the Toastmaster manuals. I read them a few years ago when I was working on the projects, but I have not re-read them for the Story Solver articles.
At this point, with both projects very close [...]
Storytelling Project #3 – Moral of the Story
Posted in For Toastmasters, Uncategorized on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I have written these posts and gathered them into book form I have taken care not to research from the Toastmaster manuals. I read them a few years ago when I was working on the projects, but I have not re-read them for the Story Solver articles.
At this point, with both projects very close [...]
