Throughout the years I taught, there were a number of misuses of the English language that would drive me crazy. Each instance has been used so frequently that they have become an accepted part of our speech.
As I build upon the repertoire of stories that I tell, I constantly step back to watch how they evolve.
The first part of telling a story is finding the one that you want to tell. In some instances it’s a story that has been picked years ago with the foreknowledge that someday I will tell it. In others it is one that I hear that just grabs me the right way and I want to research and tell it as soon as I can. There are times when because of a storytelling job I’ve been hired to do, based on a certain theme or audience, I actively search out stories of that type to fit the audience I will be performing for. In this case the story, doesn’t fall in my lap as do the first two types.
Regardless of how I come upon the story, the time comes when it is time to learn the story and watch it grow. Continue reading
