Crafting Stories

I finally got a chance to type up my scribbled notes from the Story Telling Champ Camp in Vegas two weeks ago, with Patricia Fripp, Darren LaCroix and Craig Valentine.

Typing up my notes refreshed the fantastic training in my mind. Here are just some of the juicy lessons we discussed:

1. When describing your characters in a story, what did they feel? What did they hear? What did they taste and smell?

2. You can give characters Zodiac signs to help describe them. For example, Joe was a Taurus. He was always very patient and slow to anger, but a bull in a china shop when he hit boiling point. And you should have been with me when he hit boiling point on June 19, 2006, when tattoo-man rear ended Joe's antique Red Porsche 911.

3. Learn to breathe. Take yoga lessons.

And so it goes on. I am glad that I invested my time and money in this course. You should also attend this course, if you are serious about telling stories in public. Click here to join the Edge program, and sign up for the next Story Telling Champ Camp. If you can't wait to get started, purchase the Story Telling Home Study Course. Tell Craig I sent you.