Tag: anna marie trester
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Meet the Storytellers: Anna Marie Trester
We start the work week off with a Q&A with Anna Marie Trester. Anna is one of the 10 talented storytellers in the line-up – selected through an online competition (here’s the story Anna submitted) – who will be performing in Better Said Than Done’s 5 Year Anniversary Show and Story Contest. Name: Anna Marie Trester Age: 43… 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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Video Extras with Anna Marie Trester (January 2015)
We’d like to introduce a new monthly series on our blog. Video Extras will give you the inside scoop on a story that was recently told at a Better Said Than Done show, straight from the storyteller’s pen – or keyboard. This month, we’re featuring storyteller and storytelling instructor Anna Marie Trester, providing commentary on her… Read more
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June Storytelling Workshop
The next Better Said Than Done storytelling workshop, “Spotlight on You,” is on June 15th. In it, students learn the craft of storytelling as well as get to work on and perform a story, receiving critical feedback. Read more about our storytelling class here. Here’s what a recent graduate of our storytelling workshop said about… Read more
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Spotlight on Anna Marie Trester
In “Spotlight on You,” one of our storytelling worskhops, students workshop a story, learn storytelling structure, character development, and how to get the audience to care. As our classes have just recently launched, we are featuring the four Better Said Than Done storytelling teachers on our blog. Today, it’s all about Anna Marie Trester. When… Read more