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The Difference between telling a Story and reading |
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The great difference, including lesser ones, between telling and reading is that the teller is free; the reader is bound. The book in hand, or the wording of it in mind, binds the reader. The story-teller is bound by nothing; he stands or sits, free to watch his audience, free to follow or lead every changing mood, free to use body, eyes, voice, as aids in expression. Even his mind is unbound, because he lets the story come in the words of the moment, being so full of what he has to say. For this reason, a story told is more spontaneous than one read, however well read. And, consequently, the connection with the audience is closer, more electric, than is possible when the book or its wording intervenes. |
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Story Tellers Art by Sara Bryant |
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Not long ago, I chanced to open a magazine at a story of Italian life which dealt with a curious popular custom. It told of the love of the people for the performances of a strangely clad, periodically appearing old man who was a professional story-teller. This old man repeated whole cycles of myth and serials of popular history, holding his audience-chamber in whatever corner of the open court or square he happened upon, and always surrounded by an eager crowd of listeners. So great was the respect in which the story-teller was held, that any interruption was likely to be resented with violence. |
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Story Telling is the art of conveying events in either words, images, and sounds. Stories have been shared in most cultures and as a means of entertainment, education, preservation of culture and to passing down of knowledge and values/morals. The important elements of storytelling include plot and characters, as well as the narrative point of view. Stories are often used to teach, explain, and/or entertain. There can be much truth in a story of fiction, and much falsehood in a story that uses facts.
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