This morning I posted an update to the information on my class bulletin board regarding the story I told on Monday. Just noticed a few things and thought I should comment on them:
Slightly interesting update (to me anyway):
As I was working
Mon evening, parts of my story were repeatedly going through my
mind—even if I didn’t want them to. I later realized that these were
some of the trickier parts. Once in a while I’d try shifting to the
beginning or some other part but my mind would just work through what
it wanted to.Walking home last night (Tue) I was able to tell
my story perfectly four times in a row, all the while playing with
pacing, voice characterization, phrasing (put silly in), and so on. I’m
clearly a long way from being great at it, but I think I know this one.
Now I just have to learn a very few appropriate gestures for various
audiences.Anyway, just thought I’d add a little comment about the learning process that happened this time after the class telling.
Told it to myself decently a few times today too. So I should really be able to make this mine soon. But, more importantly in the short-term, what am I telling next? I’d like to do a personal narrative, but what? There’s so many things I need to but cannot yet say, not in that format anyway. 18 Apr is my next one—whoa, that’s a month! I need to find something soon, learn it, practice, practice with people—there’s Dave and Ingbert, or Lisa and Kristen… I want to be a lot more comfortable beforehand this time.