Spoken Word Storycrafting Workshops @ Whitefish Community Center - NEW

Spoken Word Storycrafting Workshops - twice a month

• free admission ~ no reservations required
• drop-in ~ you can attend one or more
• 2nd & 4th Mondays in October & November

Do you have a personal experience story you'd like to tell at gatherings of friends &/or family -- or maybe submit to live storytelling events like our Flathead Story Concerts?

Would you like some feedback and coaching on your story content and presentation? We can help!

Crafting true experience essays for sharing out loud is a bit different than writing short stories for potential publication &/or individual readers...

In these 2-hour stand-alone Spoken Word Storycrafting Workshops you'll learn our preferred 4-part structure for crafting short tellable stories plus 3 easy spoken word presentation techniques you can use right way. These simple skills can help you shape your own "life lessons" -- heartfelt amusing &/or surprising -- into engaging and memorable tales.

You can also get content and performance coaching from workshop leaders Barbara and Glenn Schifffman: They are both long-time story coaches and published short story &/or personal essay writers. Since teaching a 2-month class at FVCC on crafting tellable stories in Spring 2023 they have curated and hosted 5 Flathead Story Concerts in Kalispell as free live community events featuring multiple storytellers.

Glenn and Barb hope some attendees of these free Storycrafting Workshops will also create engaging short personal essays that can be shared live at 2025 Flathead Story Concerts -- especially at the WFCC!

2024 Free Workshop Dates = October & November on 2nd & 4th Mondays

>> 10/14 10/28. 11/11 11/25

Attend one or more or all -- no reservations needed.

In case of schedule changes please check event listings here

or call Barbara at 747-238-0038

or RSVP to [email protected]

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Where: Whitefish Community Center

121 E. 2nd St Whitefish

(just west of downtown Whitefish - open parking lot)

When: 3:30-5:30pm ***

>> doors open 3:15

= If you arrive before 3:15 we will be setting up the room

so please be patient with us until we're ready to start.

>> doors will be closed at 3:45

** this is an after-hours class co-hosted at WFCC

= If you may arrive late TEXT Barbara by 3pm at 747-238-0038

so we can wait for you before locking the doors.

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Feel free to bring ideas for tellable stories you'd like to create (or improve if you're already working on them).

But it's OK if you don't know where to start! We'll share possible story themes and prompts to inspire you. Then you can "first draft" an idea or two on your own and bring stories-in-progress to future SWS sessions for practice feedback and coaching.

In each session you'll also hear selected examples of tellable personal stories (live from Glenn or Barbara &/or online from The Moth Radio Hour or PBS-TV's "Stories From the Stage").

For newcomers and returning attendees in each session we'll review the 4-part story structure we use for spoken word stories plus our top presentation skills. Then you can listen for them in other people's spoken word stories and use them when crafting or sharing your own.

If you have a story-in-progress bring it to practice sharing with this supportive audience of story fans and tellers.

And if you share a story with the group during that portion of the workshop you'll get audience feedback plus personalized coaching and tips from Barbara and Glenn on your story content &/or presentation. This will help you revise and improve your story between SWS sessions. You can then practice it again at a future session (time permitting) to get fresh feedback as your content and presentation style evolve.

By hearing other people's stories-in-progress and practicing your own you'll also learn what works (and what doesn't) to help you polish yours more quickly than you might on your own.

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Questions about these workshops -- or private tellable story coaching? Call Barbara at 747-238-0038 or email her at [email protected].

Curious about live spoken word events? Our latest live Flathead Story Concert of 2024 was on Tuesday 9/17 at Sacred Waters Brewing - follow us for future event notices at: https://FlatheadStoryConcerts.wootick.com

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Host or Publisher Flathead Story Concerts