Comments on: A check in after some stories http://www.travelingtales.net/blog/a-check-in-after-some-stories/ A New Adventure With Every Tale Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:04:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Curtis Young http://www.travelingtales.net/blog/a-check-in-after-some-stories/#comment-2800 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:31:06 +0000 http://www.travelingtales.net/blog/a-check-in-after-some-stories/#comment-2800 I hope you don't mind a rambling post, but it's Friday and I've had a few PBR's. I felt the same way after my first National Storytelling Festival last year. This year, though, I felt mostly frustrated. I'd seen it before- there was very little different. The stories themselves were different, of course, for the most part, but the styles were pinnable- here's the Guy Who Does Voices, here's the Sassy Woman. They were different Guys and Women, but the techniques were the same. I blame the Audience, which seems to really want What They Came For. Speaking of the Storytelling voice- I wonder if my own is something that audience would want to hear, and the cynic in me is doubtful. I figured out, though, that what I miss about the theatre that I don't get in storytelling. It's the collaborative process of rehearsal. Sure, you can workshop your stories, but it's still entirely yours, as you decide what suggestions to take and what to leave out. While performances can be very fulfilling, they just don't "do it" for me (at least not currently), and what I really love is the process of discovery in a collaborative effort. I hope you don’t mind a rambling post, but it’s Friday and I’ve had a few PBR’s. I felt the same way after my first National Storytelling Festival last year. This year, though, I felt mostly frustrated. I’d seen it before- there was very little different. The stories themselves were different, of course, for the most part, but the styles were pinnable- here’s the Guy Who Does Voices, here’s the Sassy Woman. They were different Guys and Women, but the techniques were the same. I blame the Audience, which seems to really want What They Came For.

Speaking of the Storytelling voice- I wonder if my own is something that audience would want to hear, and the cynic in me is doubtful. I figured out, though, that what I miss about the theatre that I don’t get in storytelling. It’s the collaborative process of rehearsal. Sure, you can workshop your stories, but it’s still entirely yours, as you decide what suggestions to take and what to leave out. While performances can be very fulfilling, they just don’t “do it” for me (at least not currently), and what I really love is the process of discovery in a collaborative effort.

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