Tag: writing
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Storytelling: more than just a buzzword
I’m not sure when “storytelling” became a business buzzword, but I frequently see blog posts that command their readers to start telling stories NOW and articles about that cite storytelling acumen as a contributing factor of this or that successful business. Researchers are examining why and how people respond to stories. Your Brain on Fiction… Read more
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Submissions Closed
We are no longer accepting submissions for the short story anthology Roar: True Tales of Women Warriors. Thank you to many men and women who submitted stories. We will be informing authors whose submission was accepted no later than March 24, 2017. I just want to take a moment to say how truly grateful I… Read more
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Bite into Caged from Jessica Robinson
Better Said Than Done’s Founder and CEO, Jessica Robinson, has been sharing her true, personal stories on stage for years, and then last month, she released her first novel, Caged! We asked her for details about her new book and what else she’s working on… Mary: What inspired you to write Caged? Jessica: I had been working… Read more
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Say what you do …
In addition to the monthly storytelling shows we produce, Better Said Than Done also offers workshops to teach the art of creating and telling a true, personal story. These workshops are designed to: introduce the elements that are essential in any setting to crafting a good story; prepare people who are interested in joining us on… Read more
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Give storytelling a try – or give the art of storytelling
Frigid temperatures, snow, ice, and long nights are fast approaching. Find winter’s silver lining by spending that indoor time learning something new. Something like storytelling! Better Said Than Done’s storytelling workshops teach the art of telling a good story, whether you’re interested in getting on stage, entertaining your friends at a party, honing your writing, or… Read more
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Stories in the Dust: A Storytelling Workshop at Burning Man
Burning Man is an experience, not an event. In late August every year, over 70,000 people gravitate like moths to a flame, to the Black Rock City Desert (or “the playa”) in Nevada to be a part of this magical, eclectic, mind-blowing experience. Burning Man includes theme camps, art cars and mutant vehicles, electronic dance… Read more
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Standup vs. Storytelling: Part Two | Content
Some high school friends and I began writing a book back in the mid-90s about casual humor called “We’re So Serious about Comedy, It Isn’t Funny.” We’re still waiting to hear back from some publishers. We dissected all comedy into what we called The Four “C”s of Comedy. Those Four “C”s are Content, Context, Timing… Read more
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Search History
My computer crashed last week. Thankfully, I was able to get it to power back on and restart. When I opened Word, it launched the Document Recovery panel, so I hadn’t lost any work there. And the email I was in the middle of writing had been saved to the Drafts folder. My web browser,… Read more
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Finding your lens through story
Storytelling is about finding your lens: figuring out how your way of looking at the world is unique. And while this may seem obvious, it is a tremendously challenging and time-consuming process! Finding your lens can be elusive, because it is really hard to know how your way of looking at the world is unique… 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