Leland Brandt's guest appearances

Leland Brandt

Speak Up Storytelling

Bobby Klau

Joey Meyer

Joe Basile

Matthew Dicks

Esam Boray

Jeffrey Freiser

Ron Apter

Devan Sandiford

Tom Moore

Ophira Eisenberg

Valerie Gordon

Renata Sancken

Aaron Wolf

Talia Pollock

Tom Reed

OwlTail

On episode #13, Matthew and Elysha Dicks talk about finding excellent stories in your everyday life using Matthew's strategy "Homework for Life," including moments that consist only of thought and yet are potentially storyworthy. They also talk about the predictive nature of certain words and phrases.  Then we listen to Leland Brandt's story about his crush on the character in a movie, and his opportunity to meet that character later in life, followed by commentary and critique, including: 1. Summarizing stories within a story 2. Telling stories that span years chronologically  3. Maintaining delight and surprise through pacing 4. Inhabiting the story for emotional effect 5. Finding universally connective moments in stories 6. Seeing storytelling as a matter of engineering or choice Elysha and Matt then answer listener questions about preparing stories for the stage (including memorization and practice) and the nature of Moth storytellers today.  Lastly, Matt and Elysha each offer a recommendation.  LINKS Homework for Life: https://bit.ly/2f9ZPne Matthew Dicks's website: http://www.matthewdicks.com Matthew Dicks's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/matthewjohndicks  RECOMMENDATIONS Elysha: Ink (the app) - https://sincerely.com/ink Matt: "Jeff Bezos Banned PowerPoint in Meetings. His Replacement Is Brilliant" - https://bit.ly/2KbVScq

On episode #13, Matthew and Elysha Dicks talk about finding excellent stories in your everyday life using Matthew's strategy "Homework for Life," including moments that consist only of thought and yet are potentially storyworthy. They also talk about the predictive nature of certain words and phrases.  Then we listen to Leland Brandt's story about his crush on the character in a movie, and his opportunity to meet that character later in life, followed by commentary and critique, including: 1. Summarizing stories within a story 2. Telling stories that span years chronologically  3. Maintaining delight and surprise through pacing 4. Inhabiting the story for emotional effect 5. Finding universally connective moments in stories 6. Seeing storytelling as a matter of engineering or choice Elysha and Matt then answer listener questions about preparing stories for the stage (including memorization and practice) and the nature of Moth storytellers today.  Lastly, Matt and Elysha each offer a recommendation.  LINKS Homework for Life: <a href="https://bit.ly/2f9ZPne" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2f9ZPne</a> Matthew Dicks's website: <a href="http://www.matthewdicks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.matthewdicks.com</a> Matthew Dicks's YouTube channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/matthewjohndicks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/matthewjohndicks</a> RECOMMENDATIONS Elysha: Ink (the app) - <a href="https://sincerely.com/ink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sincerely.com/ink</a> Matt: "Jeff Bezos Banned PowerPoint in Meetings. His Replacement Is Brilliant" - <a href="https://bit.ly/2KbVScq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2KbVScq</a>

Leland Brandt: "Some Kind of Wonderful"