Story People of Clallam County with Field Hall: 27th Annual Forest Storytelling Festival, Friday Morning Segment

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Friday, November 6th @ 9AM – 1:30PM Tickets $30 for this segment | $70 for full festival pass Click here to see full festival schedule and featured storyteller bios 9 – 10:15a: Concurrent Workshops, Sunset Lounge • “Pin the Tail on the Narrative, Sort of Lawn Darts meets Eudora Welty,” with Andy Offutt Irwin This raucous workshop involves the careless dropping of pens* and carefully guided steps for developing personal narratives, freeing participants to delve into the past and chip away at the unmovable stone of self-doubt to reveal the treasure of new stories. Each participant will be paired with a partner (a stranger is best). They’ll be guided to create a list of roles they have played throughout their life, beginning in childhood, and continuing on through their high school years, work life, social life, family life, etc. Three of these roles will be randomly and magically selected and paired with three unavoidable life experiences culled from a list of twenty. Things like: Turning Point. Choice. Conflict. Loss. Challenge. Decision… Three pairs will be whittled down, and the most interesting pair will be picked by their partner. A story will be developed using the four elements of The Hero’s Journey: Quest. Obstacle. Resolution. New wisdom. *We will be literally dropping pens, and I don’t toss the word literally around, so the pen you bring to the workshop shouldn’t be your grandfather’s old fountain pen. A Bic® stolen from a motel is preferred. • “Story Dynamics: Connecting with Your Audience,” with Megan Wells We can know a story in our bones, AND, the magic of delivering that story to an audience requires an extra layer of skills. In this engaging hands-on workshop, Megan will lead you in exercises that will further amplify your audience impact. 10:30 – 11:45a: Pacific Northwest Guild Tellers Performance, Theater Representing The South Sound Storytelling Guild of Olympia: Sandra Niman Sandra Niman has used storytelling to introduce the…

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