Art of Storytelling

by Marsh Cassady

Book Overview

Storytelling is a common form of communication that people engage in nearly every day. When elevated to an art, however, a talented storyteller has a spell-binding ability to bring a story to life. Now you too can learn the art and weave your own magic. The wonderful world of storytelling is revealed in this unique resource manual for both beginners and seasoned performers. Comprehensive in scope, it includes many ideas for finding, writing, adapting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566080029
• ISBN13: 9781566080026
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Meriwether Publishing
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

Storytelling for Writers

Storytellers who also strive to be writers will do well to read this book. It helps you to decide what stories you might want to write, and how to take your audience, the reader, into consideration in making the selection. From character creation to structure planning, this is a basic guide to presenting stories that will entertain. It is also a very suitable primer for beginning fiction writers of any genre.