Improve story telling skills?

Question

How would I improve my story telling skills? I sometimes want to tell my story so quickly that I dont have the right worlds to explain it. I know that means i ought to slow down, and i have a good vocab i just dont quite know what to do.

Answer 1

start writing poems and read them with feeling, itä'll help you slow down and give life to your story telling beleive it or not!
Good luck!

Answer 2

First of all, remember to breathe. I know that sounds silly, but I'll bet you don't do it much!

Make intense eye contact, one by one, around the room and to different people at different times, to keep them engaged. It also engages the rest of the party.

Remember the basics of any good story, whether in a newspaper, book, or in person.

1. Who
2. Why
3. Where
4. What
5. When
6. How

Be animated and excited about the story and get over some of the fear by practicing it first. Then, whether in front of 1 or 1,000, you, in your mind, are telling this story to your best friend and no one else. Don't be afraid to stand up or use gestures to describe what you saw. Make faces, if it works in the story. People will love it.

And don't forget to breathe!

Answer 3

Reduce your story to a bare-bones content by removing unnecessary parts that don't move the story along. Record yourself telling a story and then listen to find that which does not help the story.

It's much like writing--trim and cut is the necessary tool to tighten up a written and oral story.

Once you cut away and trimmed your tale, find those parts that need quiet, but firm enhancement or emphasis to draw your audience inward. Remember to slow down because when nervousness hits, your speed of articulation increases.

Answer 4

Make sure you get all the details in the right order. No one wants to hear "Oh wait, but before that, I forgot to tell you . . ."

Also, keep the punch line (or point of the story) till the end. Don't say "My son blurted out _________ to a stranger in the store! I was so embarrassed," then go back to the beginning to describe the situation and person. Once the surprise is out, the listener won't have any incentive to listen to your whole story.

Answer 5

the more emotion you put into a story the more you might find yourself expressing it the way you want to....for years people always told me i was a great story teller i had no idea why though i later found that it was gestures expressions manerisms emotions things like that that led people to enjoy my colorful recetations becareful using your vocabulary too use vocab that matches the story you're trying to tell also take into consideration who you are telling the story to if they can't understand the words you are saying because they don't know what they mean it can defete the purpose of telling a story nothing is worse than having to put the tale on hold to explain to someone what a word means....