What is Storytelling?
Most of us think storytelling is...
Storytelling is the interactive art of using words and actions to reveal the elements and images of a story while encouraging the listener’s imagination.
- Storytelling is interactive
- Involves 2-way interaction between a storyteller and one or more listeners
- Storytelling uses words
- Storytelling uses actions such as vocalization, physical movement, and/or gesture
- Storytelling presents a story
- Every culture has its own definition of story
- Storytelling encourages the imagination of the listener
- In storytelling, the listener imagines the story