Greg Wagner Storytelling/Premiere

Storytelling to is an interesting concept. It can come in many forms. Some stories are fictitious. Others are real. Sometimes it is specifically the narrative itself that will capture the audience, and other times it may be the person or the medium in which a story is told that will be the centerpiece. Stories can be told for numerous reasons. A lot of the time they are told to educate people. They can be used to retell past experiences to inform someone. Other times though they may simply be used to entertain. When people think of storytelling, they will most often think of fairy tales and ghost stories around a campfire. This doesn’t have to be the case though. Storytelling at its core simply has to do with a narrative of some sort being presented to others. The narrative itself does not matter – it can be real or made up, informative or entertaining. The method in which it is presented does not really matter either. Most will assume orally when they hear “storytelling”. However, stories are told all the time through music, movies, photographs, paintings and books. There are methods that could be added to this list as well. Storytelling need not involve words or verbalization. It is very possible to tell stories simply through the use of images – as in the case of photographs and paintings. The methods in which stories are told are not mutually exclusive, either. An author of a story may opt to use words, audio, symbols, video footage, or any combination thereof. Storytelling does not need to be the quintessential gathering around for a bedtime story. Storytelling simply involves passing on a narrative of some sort to others, in a manner chosen by the author that to them is most suitable to revealing their narrative.