Story Power: Secrets to Creating, Crafting, and Telling Memorable Stories
Verbal Communication Through Telling Stories
“…learn how to bring your own stories to life on the page, on the stage, around a campfire, or a dinner table.” —Mary Jo McConahay, award-winning journalist
Winner 2020 Indie Book Award for Non-Fiction Writing/Publishing
CIBA I&I (Instructional & Insightful) Non-Fiction Awards Finalist
#1 New Release in Writing Researching & Publishing Guides
The art of telling stories has been around as long as humans. And in today’s noisy, techy, automated world, storytelling is not only prevalent―it’s vital. Whether you're interested in enlivening verbal communication, building your business brand, making presentations, sharing family wisdom, or performing on stage, Story Power shows you how to make use of a good story.
Tell your story. Telling stories is the most effective verbal communication―if you know how to use it. Story Power provides techniques for creating and framing personal stories alongside effective tips for telling them in any setting. Plus, this book models stories with unique storytelling examples, exercises, and prompts, as well as storytelling techniques for delivery in a spontaneous, authentic style.
Learn from the verbal communication experts. Story Power is an engaging, lively guide to the art of telling stories from author and librarian Kate Farrell, a seasoned storyteller and founder of the Word Weaving Storytelling Project. In Story Power, more than twenty skillful contributors with a range of diverse voices share their secrets to creating, crafting, and telling tales.
In this book discover:
- How to share your own coming-of-age stories and family folklore
- The importance of a personal branding story and storytelling marketing
- Seven Steps to Storytelling, along with helpful tools, organizers, and media options
Booklovers who have read Storyworthy, The Storyteller's Secret, Long Story Short, or the classic How to Win Friends & Influence People, will find Story Power to be a great read.
We earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.
Book details
- Author
- Kate Farrell, MLS
- Imprint
- TMA Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 272
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Language Arts & Disciplines › Communication Studies
Family & Relationships › Activities
Family & Relationships › Reference
Language Arts & Disciplines › Writing › Composition - Topics
- storytelling · verbal communication · oral tradition · public speaking · writing and composition · personal narratives · family stories · business communication
- ISBN-13
- 9781642501971
About the author
KATE FARRELL, MLS, has worked as a language arts teacher, librarian, university lecturer, and storyteller in Northern California since 1966. Her books include Strange Beauty, Woman Wonder Tales, and Storytelling: A Guide for Teachers.
Farrell holds a graduate degree from the School of Library and Information Studies, UC Berkeley, and founded the Word Weaving Storytelling Project in collaboration with the California State Department of Education, funded by grants from the Zellerbach Family Fund, San Francisco, from 1979 to 1991.
When she’s not writing, Farrell offers storytelling workshops at California Writers Club branches, Mechanics Institute Library, and the San Francisco Public Library, and hosts a weekly storytelling blog. Much of her work explores the art and practice of storytelling across educational and literary contexts.