Monica Cleveland's guest appearances

Monica Cleveland

Speak Up Storytelling

Bobby Klau

Joey Meyer

Joe Basile

Matthew Dicks

Esam Boray

Leland Brandt

Jeffrey Freiser

Ron Apter

Devan Sandiford

Tom Moore

Ophira Eisenberg

Valerie Gordon

Renata Sancken

Aaron Wolf

Talia Pollock

OwlTail

On episode #16, Matthew and Elysha Dicks talk about finding excellent stories in your everyday life using Matthew's strategy "Homework for Life." Specifically, they discuss how storytellers can sometimes be in the middle of a story and not even know it. Then we listen to Monica Cleveland's story about a long, silent date, followed by commentary and critique, including:  Inhabiting your story The B-A-b-C structure of storytelling Preserving surprise via misdirection Silence in storytelling Choosing the appropriate amount of description for a story  Elysha and Matt then answer listener questions about storytelling for children and handling stories that risk alienating an audience. 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  "Cardboard Knight" -   https://bit.ly/2LOjjZ0 RECOMMENDATIONS Elysha: Everything is Alive (podcast) -  https://www.radiotopia.fm/podcasts/everything-is-alive Matt: What the Heck? (podcast) -  https://apple.co/2PnKoVc

On episode #16, Matthew and Elysha Dicks talk about finding excellent stories in your everyday life using Matthew's strategy "Homework for Life." Specifically, they discuss how storytellers can sometimes be in the middle of a story and not even know it. Then we listen to Monica Cleveland's story about a long, silent date, followed by commentary and critique, including: <ol> <li>Inhabiting your story</li> <li>The B-A-b-C structure of storytelling</li> <li>Preserving surprise via misdirection</li> <li>Silence in storytelling</li> <li>Choosing the appropriate amount of description for a story</li> </ol> Elysha and Matt then answer listener questions about storytelling for children and handling stories that risk alienating an audience. 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> "Cardboard Knight" -   <a href="https://bit.ly/2LOjjZ0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2LOjjZ0</a> RECOMMENDATIONS Elysha: Everything is Alive (podcast) -  <a href="https://www.radiotopia.fm/podcasts/everything-is-alive" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.radiotopia.fm/podcasts/everything-is-alive</a> Matt: What the Heck? (podcast) -  <a href="https://apple.co/2PnKoVc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://apple.co/2PnKoVc</a>

Monica Cleveland: "The Sound of Silence"