By Hari Kotrotsios
“Can you make up a story?” my friend’s kids asked me many years ago.
“Oh, okay, how about: the three bears were walking through the forest when…”
“Can we go and play?”
“But I’m telling you a story.”
“That’s boring!”
The kids didn’t want a dry narrative. They wanted vibrant action and a wild imagination. They wanted to see, hear, smell and feel the story. So do adults, whether they’re reading a blog or listening to a presentation.
As a newspaper journalist my writing was black and white – and apparently, so was my storytelling. Every week I was challenged to come up with a new chapter, wild characters and incredible plots. Our story became interactive and the kids helped define the characters and events.
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