Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #98315 in Books
• Published on: 2000-06-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Synopsis
Argues that storytelling enables individuals to communicate in a clearer and more interesting way, and shows how to use one's experiences to improve interpersonal connections and self-confidence.

Customer Reviews

Well-written, useful, and fun
Something gave me an itch to make a hobby out of personal storytelling. I didn't know where to begin, but I found this book at Amazon.com (wasn't available in the bookstores). The title looked catchy, so I decided to give it a shot. I was richly rewarded!

The day may come when Storytelling re-emerges as a national pasttime. If it does, this book may very well be the handbook of such a revlotion.

The exercises are fun and enlightening. I've found my childhood memories to be more full of color and vitality after following Maguire's suggestions. The story prompts in the Appendix are just a ton of fun, too, if you want to get some freinds together and have a good time.

Well done, Jack!

Excellent resource for storytellers at all levels.
Jack Maguire has a well organized approach to storytelling that provides resources for an individual wishing to tell his or her own story, for storytellers who want to develop some personal stories in their repetoire, and for those working in therapeutic settings. His selection of quotations about story are set clearly in wide margins and are unusually diverse and concrete. The book is chock full of ideas for finding your own story and for ways of helping others do the same. He interwines his personal experiences in ahelpful way to encourage the storyteller at anylevel.