@fraying @shoq This post is not dissimilar from your earlier post. The storytellers are important for our past, present and future understanding of our world.

#writers #theatre #actors #history #storytellers #videogames

Do my fellow #authors #storytellers #writers find joy in prompts? I once turned to them for training to hone off an idea, but now I'm sorta atta loss. Cos I have infinite prompts in my own mind not getting done so throwing one on seems off.

📢#OutNow in #OA: '#Folktales of #Mayotte, an #African Island' by Lee Haring, foreword by Mark Turin.

The book uncovers the versatility and literary skills of #oralnarrators in a small #African island. Relying on the researches of three #French #ethnographers who interviewed #storytellers in the 1970s-80s, Lee Haring shows a once-#colonised people using #verbal #art to preserve ancient values in the #postcolonial world, when the island of #Mayotte was transforming itself from a neglected #colony to an overseas department of #France.

The author’s innovation is to read #ethnographic researches as #play scripts—to see printed folktales as accounts of live #performances.

#Literary specialists, #folklore enthusiasts, and people who like #reading stories will find much to appreciate in this engaging and sophisticated book.

Access this OA title for free or get a hard copy at https://openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0315

Wednesday evening, July 19, BAYCAT will host a networking event for emerging & established BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and women creatives in the Bay Area.

Hope to see you at InFocus: An Open Forum for Diverse Storytellers.

#SanFrancisco #Event #Creatives #Storytellers #BIPOC #LGBTQ

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/infocus-an-open-forum-for-diverse-storytellers-tickets-641520183137?aff=oddtdtcreator

Writing
Community
Poets and storytellers
Exist without limitations
Reading
An unrestricted fediverse
Writers of mastodon
On instances
Write words

#ButterflyCinquain #twitter #fediverse #writingcommunity #poets #writers #storytellers #noreadinglimits #writersofmastodon #Instances #words #reading #birdsite #hellsite #Musk #AntiSocialMedia

@GreenFire also that dogs are talking to helicopters when they bark when there's a helicopter flying at close range.

Everybody would ignore that dog's hearing is so much better than a human's and that it's hurting but humen in general would just come up with #CrazyShit all the time because they are #StoryTellers.

They enjoy making stories and listening to stories.

If you start writing to satisfy the whims of other people, then you're not writing for yourself..always write the stories that make you happy. #writingcommunity #writersofmastodon #writing #writers #storytellers

Great communicators are storytellers #shorts #communicators #speaker #storytellers #presentation #life #story

Hey #VampireTheRequiem #StoryTellers, have any of you run #ReapTheWhirlwind to start a campaign? I just finished reading up on the New Orleans section of the core book and plan to run my campaign there.

#VTR

I'm an #editor because I love stories.

I love escaping into other lives and worlds. And I'm in awe of #authors #writers and #storytellers!

I'm here to help with your stories. Tighten them up, remove the chaff, smooth the flow, and enhance the reader experience – get them coming back for more!

Drop me a line. Let's chat about your project and how I can help you.

#amediting #amwriting #sffh

So I (an amateur storyteller) am supposed to tell 3 tales about woods to 3 different (young) audiences. Thanks to the amazing @TarkabarkaHolgy I found a marvelous tale from Uganda for the 3-6 yo, but my ideas for the 6-11 yo and the tweens-teens are both Western European tales. I'd like a more diverse proposal. Perhaps some of you experienced #storytellers would be kind enough to suggest tales about woods from America or Asia ?

@MarkRuffalo
This is exactly what we launched #ClimateDiary for here on #Mastodon: hoping that by sharing personal experiences on the ground it makes it all the more real and connects us more, and that reading about other people’s efforts and ideas inspires #Climateaction. Everyone is welcome to join in! #ClimateStories #Storytellers #storytelling

https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/109884795065085875

@liminalfiction Just a small, fun #ShortStory I have written today, inspired by finding a real-ish dragon egg on my morning walk.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46529671

Featuring a disgruntled non-binary #asexual knight, ranting about #fantasy #storytellers, minstrels and all the crappy ideas about knighthood that are around.

Alright, after @doctorwanderer said I needed to make a #shortstory of my findings in the forest this morning, I did.

Have "The Egg"

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46529671

I think @DoctorMonkey2 @floofpaldi and @Josordoni could have fun with this as well.

It does have a #NonBinary #agender #asexual #aromantic knight in it. And, boy, are they fed up with all the crap #storytellers say about #knights

And they will let you know!

#WritingCommunity

Alright, after @doctorwanderer said I needed to make a #shortstory of my findings in the forest this morning, I did.

Have "The Egg"

https://archiveofourown.org/works/46529671

I think @DoctorMonkey2 and @floofpaldi could have fun with this as well.

It does have a #NonBinary #agender #asexual #aromantic knight in it. And, boy, are they fed up with all the crap #storytellers say about #knights

And they will let you know!

#WritingCommunity

For the #storytellers on Mastodon: I'm looking for tales about woods (I know, tons of them), at least one of them suitable for children 3-5, and another one for children 6-10. From diverse cultures, if possible. What would you recommend ?

@TarkabarkaHolgy ?

I'm an #editor because I love stories.

I love to be taken away, to be immersed in other lives and worlds – to activate my imagination. And I'm in awe of #authors #writers and #storytellers who can create these amazing worlds!

I'm here to help with your stories. Tighten them up, remove the chaff, smooth the flow, and more.

Drop me a line. Let's chat about your project and how I can help you.

#bookstadon #sff

Song of the Day April 1 2023

In honor of the birth of David Oyelowo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Oyelowo

David Oyelowo - "We Are Storytellers"

https://youtu.be/Blj3U9iNRLI

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2023 #April1 #DavidOyelowo #Storytellers #TIFF #TIFF2016 #Nigeria #Nigerian #Acting #GiveHimThePart

Why oral storytelling will always need a human touch

https://www.dw.com/en/why-oral-storytelling-will-always-need-a-human-touch/a-64998730?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#Storytellers #storytelling #ChatGPT

Want to join a network of #Journalists #CivilSociety activists and #Storytellers intent on making the words "space is for everyone" actually mean something?

https://www.celestialcommons.org/