1. Once Upon a Time on a Dark Night Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP

2. When we tell stories we provoke and entice the creativity of our listeners.

3. can spark imaginations, create magical kingdoms and solve problems.
A simple opening line
can spark imaginations,
create magical kingdoms and
solve problems.

4. Storytelling has been an art and growing set of tools for communicating since the age of the cave beings.

5. to turn on the creativity
Today we can use
Storytelling
to turn on the creativity
of children and adults
of all ages.

6. Content * experience storytelling examples
* learn 6 to 12 storytelling methods that can be
used in any setting
* experiment telling stories
* create your own stories for any subject
* have lots of fun!!!

7. One day two friends, Story and Truth
were walking through their village.
Story noticed that his friend Truth
was unhappy or perhaps frustrated.
Reaching out to his friend Story asked:
“What is wrong Truth,
you seem down today my friend?”

8. Tell Me Show Me Involve Me Reach Me I Will Forget I May Remember
I Will Begin to Learn
We Will Learn Together
Confucius
Socrates
John Dewey
Maria Montesorri
Silvia Ashton-Warner
J. P. Guilford
E. Paul Torrance
Howard Gardner

9. Opening Lines Once Upon a Time Long, Long Ago
It was a Dark and Stormy Night
It was the best of times,
it was the worst of times
Long ago when the world was new
When I was much younger
In days long past
Many years ago
In a far away place/country/town
Opening Lines

10. Opening Lines Call me Ishmael A screaming comes across the sky
Many years later, as he faced the firing squad
It was a bright cold day in April,
and the clocks were striking thirteen.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,
I am an invisible man.
Opening Lines

11. Opening Lines You don't know about me without you have read a book
by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents,
It was a wrong number that started it
Somewhere in la Mancha,
in a place whose name I do not care to remember,
All this happened, more or less.
Opening Lines

12. Parts of a Story Plot Characters Setting Action Controversy Challenge
Desired Outcome

13. Plot a. b. c. d. e. … z.
a plot in a story is "the arrangement of the incidents" that each follow plausibly from the other. The plot is like the pencil outline or drawing that guides the painter's brush.
Aristotle

14. Type of Story
Adventure
Historic
Mystery
Humorous
Romance
…..?????

15. Location
Historical
Magical
Fantasy
Mythical
Real
Personal

16. Characters Real Fictional Historic Famous Infamous Caricature Comic
Serious
Heroic

17. Desired Outcome Attention Connection Understanding Retention
Fable to Analogy: Stories & Storytelling as Tools
Desired Outcome
Attention
Connection
Understanding
Retention

18. Intention Desired Outcome
Fable to Analogy: Stories & Storytelling as Tools
Desired Outcome
Intention

19. Let’s begin creating stories
Plot
Characters
Setting/Location
Action
Controversy
Challenge
Desired Outcome

20. Story One

21. Story Two

22. Multiple Stories
Plot Characters Location Desired Outcome

23. Existing Stories

24. Short Stories
Fantasies
Myths
Classical
Real-Life
Tall Tales
Trickster
Fairy Tales
Improv Games
One Word
A-Z
Lines on the Floor

25. Cartoons

26. Fable to Analogy: Stories & Storytelling as Tools
Work Stories

27. Fable to Analogy: Stories & Storytelling as Tools
Photos

28. May all
your endings
be happy
&
rewarding!