How to Tell a Story

The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth

De: The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Kate Tellers, Padma Lakshmi, Chenjerai Kumanyika

Narrado por: Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Suzanne Rust, Chloe Salmon, Kate Tellers

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The definitive guide to telling an unforgettable story in any setting, drawing on twenty-five years of experience from the storytelling experts at The Moth

“From toasts to eulogies, from job interviews to social events, this book will help you with ideas, structure, delivery and more.”—CNN

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Over the past twenty-five years, the directors of The Moth have worked with people from all walks of life—including astronauts, hairdressers, rock stars, a retired pickpocket, high school students, and Nobel Prize winners—to develop true personal stories that have moved and delighted live audiences and listeners of The Moth’s Peabody Award–winning radio hour and podcast. A leader in the modern storytelling movement, The Moth inspires thousands of people around the globe to share their stories each year.

Now, with How to Tell a Story, The Moth will help you learn how to uncover and craft your own unique stories, like Moth storytellers Mike Birbiglia, Rosanne Cash, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Gilbert, Padma Lakshmi, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Tig Notaro, Boots Riley, Betty Reid Soskin, John Turturro, and more.

Whether your goal is to make it to the Moth stage, deliver the perfect wedding toast, wow clients at a business dinner, give a moving eulogy, ace a job interview, be a hit at parties, change the world, or simply connect more deeply to those around you, stories are essential.

Sharing secrets of The Moth’s time-honed process and using examples from beloved storytellers, a team of Moth directors will show you how to:

• mine your memories for your best stories
• explore structures that will boost the impact of your story
• deliver your stories with confidence
• tailor your stories for any occasion

Filled with empowering, easy-to-follow tips for crafting stories that forge lasting bonds with friends, family, and colleagues alike, this book will help you connect authentically with the world around you and unleash the power of story in your life.

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“Fans of nonprofit storytelling organization The Moth, which, since 1997, has presented 50,000-plus stories, won a Peabody Award for its The Moth Radio Hour and boasts a popular eponymous podcast, will be drawn to this guide to, yep, telling stories. From toasts to eulogies, from job interviews to social events, this book will help you with ideas, structure, delivery and more.”—CNN

“True to its title, How to Tell a Story is a wonderfully practical and thoughtful guide to turning your own experiences and epiphanies into engaging tales. The book is very Moth-centric—‘Moth stories are true and told out loud, in the first person’—but there’s also advice about telling stories during job interviews, business presentations and toasts. Everything here could be easily adapted by classroom teachers or (one can hope) by relatives you see once a year at Thanksgiving.”—The Washington Post

“Inspiring . . . This book . . . provides everything readers need to share their own personal narratives.”—Booklist

Loved this book!

So easy to listen to all of these amazing storytellers coach how to tell a great story and what goes into sharing.

Best storytelling book

Of course the directors and experts of The Moth would create such a helpful and engaging guide on storytelling.

I couldn’t put it down - it was informative and so well supported by examples from the podcast and radio show.

Fabulous Tips!

Overall great, but the section on the differences in telling a story on paper vs a live audience was outstanding; we know there’s a difference in written and spoken stories and now we know of wonderful examples to drive home the lessons.

Like listening to old friends

I recommend this to anyone. Listen:
-If you want to tell a story
-if you have to give a speech
-if you have trouble finding the right words to say the things that you feel
-if you want to make a connection to loved ones
-if you want to share with others what’s important
-if you’re a human

The power of stories to heal & transform people!

This storytelling extravaganza has re-doubled my belief in the raw power of story. Great job of conveying the importance of everyone knowing that their life is there story and their story is there Superpower. Keep up the amazing mission of hope and healing through effective storytelling.

an experience

I did listen start to finish and now I'm going back for a second helping.

Brilliant book about storytelling

The book teaches the power of storytelling, how to tell stories, and the potential for storytelling to build community. I highly recommend it.

Everything Not to Do

Trying to make it thru Chaoter 2, but can't. You jumped right into Moth storytelling, like everyone knows what that is? I've read other story telling books and never heard of Moth. Then, you jump right in with all the ways NOT to tell a story and 20-30 negatives. You're all over the board in Chapter 2 and can't follow. Surprised this is a book on Story Telling??

Your stories may not be welcome

It’s clear from the story examples that the Moth has clearly adopted a left leaning political world view. That is certainly their prerogative, but at some point you realize your stories would never make it to the state.

The beeps were just dumb.

Equal Parts "How to" and "Look at me"

If you are looking for some pra tidal guidance on storytelling including what to do and what not to.do this book will provide that. It provides varying perspectives on those dos and don'ts so the reader will have plenty of options as to what they listen to.

The part that is distracting is the steady drumbeat of self-congratulatipms. The folks that wrote this book are obviously impressed with themselves. It is off-putting and at times made me want to stop listening. Books about storytelling should be more about that topic and less about the credentials and resumes of the panel.of people involved in this book.