See a photo of Kindra, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, Part 2, and Part 3. Q&A with Kindra Hall, Questions 6 and 7: Q: I’m intrigued by your wedding-story work, and I also read and loved your own stories of your relationship with your relatively new husband. I’ve … Continue reading
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Q&A with a Story Guru: Kindra Hall: See the Stories That are Happening Around You and Tell Them
See a photo of Kindra, her bio, Part 1 of this Q&A, and Part 2. Q&A with Kindra Hall, Questions 4 and 5: Q: Are there any current uses of storytelling that repel you or that you feel are inappropriate? A: There are a few things to this. First, I … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Kindra Hall: If You Don’t Tell Your Story First — Someone Will Tell it for You
See a photo of Kindra, her bio, and Part 1 of this Q&A. Q&A with Kindra Hall, Questions 2 and 3: Q: How did you initially become involved with story/storytelling/narrative? What attracted you to this field? What do you love about it? A: My storytelling career began with performance. I … Continue reading
Q&A with a Story Guru: Kindra Hall: The Key To Tranforming a Written Story into an Oral Performance
I believe Kindra Hall sought me out on Twitter or Facebook (or both). As I learned more about her, I was utterly charmed by this lovely young woman and her entertaining newly designed site/blog Kindra Hall Tells All. I’m thrilled to present this Q&A with Kindra over the next five … Continue reading
Story Prompts Meet Social Media
I’ve seen plenty of Web sites that offer story prompts. In fact, I keep intending to create a Story Prompts section on A Storied Career. But Plinky is the first story-prompt site I’ve seen that combines story prompts with social media. In fact, Plinky doesn’t frame its prompts as prompts … Continue reading
Essential Story Elements: Are They All the Same Thing? And Do They Require Manipulation?
Read a couple of articles recently that talk about elements that make stories work. In Atticus Finch Would Not Approve: Why a Courtroom Full of Reptiles Is a Bad Idea, Stephanie West Allen, Jeffrey Schwartz, and Diane Wyzga offer Seven Tips For Creating the Motivating Story, in which they declare … Continue reading
Apply to Tell the Story of a Great American Road Trip
Here’s an awesome Americana-inspired opportunity to think about as we head into the 4th of July weekend … In a project called Exploring My America, Sears Auto Center is sponsoring 21 road trips along nine of America’s iconic highways. Sears seeks “engaging, adventurous people to hit the road for a … Continue reading
Check Out this Highly Touted Slideshow on Storytelling and PR
A slide presentation (embedded at the bottom of this entry) that Lou Hoffman of The Hoffman Agency created has been generated huge buzz for a couple of weeks now, so chances are you’ve seen it. It’s about the power of storytelling in business, and Hoffman says he prepared it “after … Continue reading
Taking Career-as-Narrative to the Next Level
The concept of career-as-narrative is not new. Scholars like Larry Cochran and Kerr Inkson, both of whom I mention in this article, have written extensively about the notion. Now life strategist Walter Akana has taken the concept to a new level in a terrific blog post entitled The Job Interview … Continue reading
Discovering the Stories in Girls’ Diary Entries
I made several attempts to keep a diary when I was young, but none of them lasted. My most interesting effort was in junior high, when I fashioned my diary (a spiral-bound notebook) into a sort of newsletter with an audience of — who? I don’t quite remember if I … Continue reading