4. Show, don’t tell
When describing things about the characters or events in your story try to show them to your audience instead of telling them. So for example, if it is cold outside, instead of saying ‘It was cold’ you could say ‘as she left the house she felt the freezing wind on her face’. Or instead of ‘he was sad’ you could say ‘his face crumpled as he heard the awful news, and tears sprung to his eyes.’ This will help your audience to engage more with the story.
5. Practice, Practice, Practice!
The more you practice telling your story, and putting the previous 4 tips into place, the more comfortable and confident you’ll feel. Test it out on friends and get them to give you some feedback.
Once you start to feel confident, you’ll begin to enjoy telling the stories - and there’s nothing better than watching someone enjoying the story they are sharing!
Storytelling Tips... And Finally
We hope you found this storytelling tips article useful it was written by Phoebe Sparrow - Actor and City Academy tutor. City Academy run a range of adult acting, storytelling and screen acting classes - for beginners to advanced.
