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Ira part 4 – The Importance of not talking about yourself all the time

28 Tuesday Aug 2012

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When we tell personal stories we often forget there are other people in the story with us. Those people are just as important to the story as we are and shouldn’t be given short shrift. I forget this rule a lot. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one.

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Ira part 3 – This is how long it takes to get to get good

28 Tuesday Aug 2012

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This may be my favorite part of the entire series. Ira plays a tape of a story he did during his 8th year as an NPR reporter. He breaks it down, minute by minute, and shows us why it’s so horrible. This took a lot of courage and I’m glad he did it. Can you think of another artist with the guts to do this?

Ira part 2 – The Importance of Abandoning Crap

28 Tuesday Aug 2012

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It takes a lot of work to gather enough material to have something good left over after you get rid of the crap.

Ira Glass on Storytelling

28 Tuesday Aug 2012

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Everyone interested in storytelling should listen to Ira explain how it’s done. This is a 4-part series that I’m posting here because it helped me a lot with stories I’ve been struggling to write. Maybe it’ll help you too.

Mary Purdy and The Revenge of the Boobs

26 Sunday Aug 2012

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Mary is one of those gifted storytellers who knows how to get laughs without telling jokes

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