Comments on: Let Your Story Guide You http://www.vanseodesign.com/marketing/let-your-story-guide-you/ Helping you build search engine friendly websites Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:07:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Steven Bradley http://www.vanseodesign.com/marketing/let-your-story-guide-you/comment-page-1/#comment-862 Steven Bradley Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:39:56 +0000 http://www.vanseodesign.com/blog/uncategorized/let-your-story-guide-you/#comment-862 Thanks Nathania. That makes sense about the improv classes. I've never taken actiing classes, but I have taken a number of creative writing classes, read many books on the subject, and have done some creative writing here and there. I think that's where these two storytelling posts have come from for me. Seth Godin is the one who pointed out the concept of story in marketing, but the details are coming to me from my creative writing days. I bet there's a lot of similar teaching between creative writing and improv. I like the idea of good stories coming from the truth. I think even the most fantastic stories still originated with the truth. Thanks Nathania. That makes sense about the improv classes. I’ve never taken actiing classes, but I have taken a number of creative writing classes, read many books on the subject, and have done some creative writing here and there.

I think that’s where these two storytelling posts have come from for me. Seth Godin is the one who pointed out the concept of story in marketing, but the details are coming to me from my creative writing days.

I bet there’s a lot of similar teaching between creative writing and improv. I like the idea of good stories coming from the truth. I think even the most fantastic stories still originated with the truth.

]]> By: Nathania Johnson http://www.vanseodesign.com/marketing/let-your-story-guide-you/comment-page-1/#comment-861 Nathania Johnson Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:25:12 +0000 http://www.vanseodesign.com/blog/uncategorized/let-your-story-guide-you/#comment-861 I love the title of this post - Let the Story Guide you. Anyone who wants to improve their storytelling - take an improv acting class. You learn about exploring different characters and stories. Most importantly, you learn that good storytelling (and good comedy) is rooted in truth. That doesn't mean you can't make something up - it means creating believable characters and believable stories. Let the audience relate to your story/characters and you'll get the reaction your looking for. I've been taking improv classes for years and it's amazing how much of it I can translate to the "real world" (marketing, life in general, etc). I love the title of this post – Let the Story Guide you.

Anyone who wants to improve their storytelling – take an improv acting class. You learn about exploring different characters and stories.

Most importantly, you learn that good storytelling (and good comedy) is rooted in truth. That doesn’t mean you can’t make something up – it means creating believable characters and believable stories. Let the audience relate to your story/characters and you’ll get the reaction your looking for.

I’ve been taking improv classes for years and it’s amazing how much of it I can translate to the “real world” (marketing, life in general, etc).

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