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How to tell a better story | Psyche Guides

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is a storyteller, educator, and story editor based in Portland, Maine. She has won two Moth GrandSLAM championships, co-founded The Moth’s Education Program in 2012, and earned her PhD in narrative education from New York University. Her forthcoming audio memoir is the Audible Original You Will Not Recognize Your Life (2024). Edited by Matt Huston Save Share Post Email People tell stories all the time: at parties, at dinner with family or friends, at work, in job interviews, on blind dates. Storytelling is pretty much everywhere. But somehow the skill of storytelling can feel mysterious. We all know someone who seems so comfortable and engaging when they recount a funny experience to coworkers or share a moving episode during a wedding toast. What’s their secret? While some people do have an easier time speaking to a group, there isn’t a ‘storytelling gene’. I’ve been participating in storytelling events for more than a decade and have coached hundreds of storytellers, many of them tot

People tell stories all the time: at parties, at dinner with family or friends, at work, in job interviews, on blind dates. Storytelling is pretty much everywhere. But somehow the skill of storytelling can feel mysterious. We all know someone who seems so comfortable and engaging when they recount a funny experience to coworkers or share a moving episode during a wedding toast. What’s their secret? While some people do have an easier time speaking to a group, there isn’t a ‘storytelling gene’. I’ve been participating in storytelling events for more than a decade and have coached hundreds of…

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