tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083102.post116546821071603651..comments2023-05-03T02:36:43.957-05:00Comments on ack/nak: curious: storytelling at workUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20083102.post-1165505114084124302006-12-07T09:25:00.000-06:002006-12-07T09:25:00.000-06:00This is a heartfelt, thoughtful, intelligent post....This is a heartfelt, thoughtful, intelligent post... but, wow, does it seem a mile away from any way that I would tell stories! ( I just can't use the word 'heuristic' without producing phglem!) Hell, it seems a mile from the way <B>you</B> tell stories! Let me take a stab:<BR/><BR/>People want to listen to you, really they do, if for no other reason than to pass the time.<BR/><BR/>If the audience is nodding off, whatever you're currently doing is wrong. Stop and do something else. <BR/><BR/>Have a bag of tricks that would put Felix the Cat to shame.<BR/><BR/>How do you know if you have them? When you move forward, they back up. When you move back, they move towards you. When you whisper, they stop rattling their papers. When you look up, you've instantly made eye contact with the entire room, not because you try to look at them, but because they are looking at <I>you.</I><BR/><BR/>The director Sam Fuller put it best: "If the audience doesn't get a hard on in the first 15 minutes, why watch the rest of the picture?"<BR/><BR/>Good posting!Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08791314877257904422noreply@blogger.com