Category: Storytelling Workshops
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The Mamas and the Papas Storytelling Videos
Our May storytelling show, “The Mamas and the Papas,” featured true, personal stories about being a parent, having a parent, or being a kid. Below are just a few of the videos of the Better Said Than Done storytellers doing their storytelling thing. Host Dustin Fisher, renowned author of “Daddy Issues,” shared two short stories.… Read more
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What’s your story?
If you’ve fantasized about standing in the spotlight, taking the mic, and entertaining the audience, we are here to help you make that dream come true! Join Better Said Than Done for our upcoming workshop, Take the Stage: Storytelling for Performance. In this three-week series of classes, participants will delve into story structure, character development,… Read more
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Mad Men – An Ending to Discuss
IF you have not watched the series finale of Mad Men, and still plan to, do not read this! Seriously, spoilers ahoy! In our storytelling workshops – for corporations or for individuals – we discuss structure at length. Structure, of course, is the basis, the foundation, of any type of storytelling. Often, we reference pop… Read more
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Finding Your Story
One of my favorite things about teaching storytelling is helping people find their stories. Often, I will hear from would-be storytellers “but I just don’t have any good ideas” or “I just have no idea what on earth I would talk about onstage.” Thus, addressing the question of “storyfinding” has become the first order of… Read more
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Give the Gift that Keeps on Giving
And that is the gift of great storytelling! It’s a great gift idea. Whether for yourself, or a friend or family member – learning to tell a fantastic story is a skill that can be used over and over – and that benefits everyone around! Better Said Than Done is a Northern Virginia community of… Read more
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Storytelling You Can’t Ignore
Better Said Than Done hosted a night of true, personal storytelling at the Walker Nature Education Center in Reston, this past weekend, as a fundraiser event for the Friends of Reston for Community Projects. In addition to raising lots of money for a great organization, the show was filled with fantastic stories about “Things You… Read more
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The Right Storytelling Workshop for You
We have three storytelling workshops on the horizon, and are generally running one of the three at any given time. I thought it would be good to break down what happens in each workshop for anyone considering honing their storytelling skills. Spotlight on You: Telling the story of your life $75 Next storytelling workshop on… Read more
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Let Old Anne Zines
Or something like that. The most important part is that we remember old friends – like the ones we made way back in 2013! Not to brag or anything, but 2013 was a great year for Better Said Than Done. Not only did we grow our storytelling audience (with over 130 attending our 2 year… Read more
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Advanced Storytelling Workshop
Better Said Than Done is now offering an advanced storytelling workshop. The workshop is a four week course in writing, storytelling and performing. If you have already taken a storytelling workshop with us, or another storytelling organization, and are looking to get a little deeper with your storytelling, this is the right workshop for you. … Read more