Kyle_3_I
I appreciate how Simmions tries to break down these "intentional" type stories, but at the same time admits that you cannot really put every story in a nice little category box. Its a lot like personality types. Yes we all fall closer to one category or another, but as unique human beings each one of us could be our own category. This is the same for stories, in that the stories we tell are unique and their purpose is situational. I do think it helps to have some popular "most commonly used" categories, but its still important to see each situation and each story as individually unique. This forces the storyteller to avoid the temptation of reusing a story for an event that it does not fit. Stories can be altered in terms of their emphasis or focus to better fit a situation, as long as the integrity of the story stays true. Our story's integrity is directly related to our own. When trying to influence with narrative, the narrator's intercity is vital.
-Kyle Hufford
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posted by Poker Stroker @ 9:46 PM
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The storytellers I met abroad all agreed on where their craft came from and why it works for Irish culture.
But each of them differed on their delivery method.
Clare is a youngish type in Galway. Her pieces come with an actor's panache and lots of emoting, verbally and physically.
Pat is a Cork suburbanite who sizes up his audience as he goes along and tries to give them exactly what they hope for.
Richard is a devout historian who lets the subject matter do the talking, without the addition of any onstage acrobatics.
And Eddie refuses to tell a tale not from his own country, and not gotten directly from the mouth of a local. The "Old People," he calls them.
All four might offer the same tale on a night, but the way they get and deliver it belongs to themselves individually.
That's integrity.
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