by Shannon Leahy | Jan 11, 2020 | Posts, Public Speaking
The Irish have a cruel saying about the youngest in a family: scrioba leis an grinneal. (Nope, no idea how to pronounce that. Make some gibberish noises and you’ll be grand, pet.) Roughly translated, the last born of a large family is described as “the scrapings of...
by Shannon Leahy | Nov 11, 2019 | Posts, Story
Fireflies are cool, right? They light up the night. Like your story. While cockroaches scurry around in dirt and despair (i.e., wound stories), firefly stories soar and shine light. One of the quickest ways to figure out if your storytelling is coming from a flash of...
by Shannon Leahy | Oct 11, 2019 | Posts, Storytelling
As you read this scream compliments of Leslie Marmon Silko’s novel Ceremony (1977), may I offer some unsolicited advice? Note how short and concise the sentences.
How simple the descriptions, details and dialogue. The storyteller lets you create, see and feel a...
by Shannon Leahy | Sep 11, 2019 | Posts, Writing
“Put down everything that comes into your head and you’re a writer. But a storyteller is one who can judge their own stuff, without pity, and destroy most of it.” – Colette Trick or treat, kid. Everyone in the biz of words and ideas gets edited. When you...
