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Deliver Impactful Stories in Only 5 Steps - EKalavya Art

Telling impactful stories is a challenge and an art. The delivery must be dramatic, but the preparation must go deep. Ekalavya presents 5 steps to examine, prepare, and perform pre-existing stories in order to improve your storytelling skills.<br>

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Deliver Impactful Stories in Only 5 Steps - EKalavya Art

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  1. HOW TO CREATE STORIES FROM REAL LIFE DELIVER IMPACTFUL STORIES IN ONLY 5 STEPS Telling impactful stories is a challenge and an art. The delivery must be dramatic, but the preparation must go deep. Ekalavya presents 5 steps to examine, prepare, and perform pre- existing stories in order to improve your storytelling skills. WWW.EKALAVYA.ART

  2. 1. Detail is King A good storyteller will always pay attention to finer details, Thorough background research will bring forth the details that will make your storytelling believable. You may be wondering, “Where do I start?” Here are a few proven ways. Literature: Look for books, news articles, and academic papers that help you gather more information about the topic of your story. Web Resources: The Internet is a great source to start with. Remember to get creative with your search keywords. Conversations: Stories travel best orally. Speak to your family members or friends to know if they know anything about the story you wish to perform. WWW.EKALAVYA.ART

  3. 2. Get to Know the Characters The second-most important aspect of any story is its characters. A storyteller’s job is to know them inside out and bring them to life for the audience. It’s common knowledge that stories have primary, secondary, and supporting characters. And all of these must be humanized before you perform them. How do you humanize characters? Note down your characters by enquiring about their: Age Nature Physique Profession Habits and Hobbies Strengths and Weaknesses You will start to see that characters who were fictional a while ago, feel close to real humans now. WWW.EKALAVYA.ART

  4. 3. World of the Story Every story has a setting, a world of its own. To know this world, one has to dive deeper and go beyond basic research. The best storytellers perform like they’ve been there in person. They enrich the narration with every little nuance about the story’s world. In addition to the basic research, there are two crucial aspects that will help you dive deeper into the world of your story. 1. Space: Look at all the spaces mentioned in the stories, and how they look, feel, and resemble. Relationships: Learn about different relationships shared between different characters. 2. WWW.EKALAVYA.ART

  5. 4. STORY MOMENTUM JUST LIKE LIFE, EVEN A STORY MUST KEEP MOVING. IN ANY GIVEN STORY, THERE ARE MANY POINTS THAT MAINTAIN A FORWARD MOMENTUM IN THE NARRATIVE. THESE ARE LIKE TRANSITION POINTS OR SHIFTS. SOME TRANSITIONS ARE MINOR WHILE SOME ARE MAJOR TURNING POINTS. A GOOD STORYTELLER PERFORMS THESE MOMENTS AS IF THEY HAVE LIVED THEM ONCE BEFORE. BUT HOW DO WE IDENTIFY THESE POINTS? FIND OUT THE EVENTS AND ACTIONS: EVENTS: IDENTIFY THE MINOR AND MAJOR SITUATIONS AND INCIDENTS THAT OCCUR IN THE STORY. EXAMPLE OF MINOR EVENT: A BELL RINGING WHILE THE CHARACTER IS WATCHING TV. EXAMPLE OF MAJOR EVENT: A CHARACTER KILLS ANOTHER CHARACTER. ACTIONS: IDENTIFY ALL THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE STORY. WWW.EKALAVYA.ART

  6. 5. THE MESSAGE “THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS…” AS A CHILD, YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD THIS LINE WHEN SOMEONE NARRATED A STORY TO YOU. SOME BOOKS WOULD EVEN INCLUDE THE MORAL OF THE STORY AS THE FOOTER ON THE LAST PAGE. AS WE GET OLDER AND WISER, WE DON’T NEED THIS FOOTER, NOR DO WE NEED THAT REMINDER FROM OUR ELDERS. WE GET SMARTER. AND THEN WE BECOME STORYTELLERS OURSELVES. WHEN WE WANT TO TELL A STORY, WE DON’T HAVE TO BE OBVIOUS ABOUT THIS ‘MORAL’, EITHER BECAUSE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, OUR AUDIENCE IS ALSO MATURE ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THE SUBTEXTUAL MESSAGE. WWW.EKALAVYA.ART

  7. CONTACT US Ekalavya: Act, Create, Communicate India’s best online acting and theatre training platform, an initiative of Drama School Mumbai (DSM). DSM is one of the best acting and theatre schools in India. At Ekalavya, all the courses are designed and delivered by highly trained DSM faculty and industry professionals. Currently available courses are Breaking Open Characters, Mastering Monologues, Expressive Voice and Speech, Art of Auditioning, Expressive Body, and Art of Storytelling. BUY NOW

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