Philosophy of Storytelling Alex Kupp

I never really thought about it before, but we tell stories all the time. We are always trying to communicate some kind of information and by how we craft that information is storytelling. For me storytelling has always been very literal. Things that are actually happening. I’m not the biggest fan when it comes to philosophical ideas, and its hard for me to wrap my head around stuff that is “out there”. So when I hear a story that questions big ideas I get scared by them. A professor I once had said, “We can not not communicate.” Meaning, we are always communicating whether or not we know we are. I feel the same way about storytelling. I argue that we can not not story tell. Everything we do tells a story. A story that may be intentional or unintentional. So for me storytelling needs to be as concise as possible. It needs to be as clear as possible. Because to me storytelling provide vital information to its audiences. Storytelling also has to be creative. To engage the audience that is listening is also important. Crafting a story is that of an art and takes skill to successfully tell that story. Stories use stylistic devices and organizational tools to accomplish this.