Hi guys,

I hope all of you had a great holiday season and made it to 2024 with some things to look forward to. One of the things I’m looking forward to is our next show on the 18th. The theme is “Stories of finding what you love.” You can read the description at this link if you want all the info:

https://www.meetup.com/fresh-ground-stories/events/297575535/

I also want to pass on four great opportunities to improve your storytelling. The first is a reminder that our free monthly storytelling workshop is coming up this Sunday, January 7. We’ve had some fantastic stories come out of this workshop. It’s run by two of our regular tellers and is a great way to get feedback on a story you’re working on.

https://www.meetup.com/fresh-ground-stories-storytelling-workshop/

The second is a free PDF of Matthew Dicks’ storytelling tips. I guess it’s technically not 100% free. He will ask for your email address. For me, it was worth it. It’s basically a summary of the book he wrote on storytelling which is the best I’ve seen so far on the type of story we tell at FGS. Whenever I’m stuck on a story of my own I go back and review those tips.

https://www.storyworthymd.com/my-best-storytelling-tips-for-storytellers

He’s also running a contest this month where you can win a free coaching session from him by recording and posting an under- 4-minute story introducing yourself through a story. The idea is to have something to say next time you’re in a job interview, sitting next to someone on a plane, or get asked what you do for a living. It’s an interesting exercise and worth at least thinking about. I’m always stumped in those situations and would love to have something better to say than what I have right now. 

Lastly, don’t forget to check out 7Stories, our storytelling friends in Burien. Their next show is a week after ours on Friday, January 26. They’ve been incredibly supportive of FGS and I love seeing folks from our show tell at theirs. Join their group and get on the invite list!

https://www.meetup.com/7-stories/

I hope some of you are working on stories for our show on the 18th. I’d love to hear how you discovered something that you love. Do you love running? Love writing? Love Seattle? Love the job you’re in? Come tell the story of how you discovered it and what it meant to you. I’m always available to help if you can’t make it to our workshop. Write me directly at freshgroundstories at Gmail dot com if you want to set up a call.

That’s all for now. Hope you’re all having a great week!

Paul

freshgroundstories@gmail.com