{"id":103,"date":"2015-05-31T23:43:06","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T03:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/josephmurphy.name\/ds106\/?p=103"},"modified":"2015-05-31T23:43:06","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T03:43:06","slug":"tender-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/josephmurphy.name\/ds106\/bestwork\/tender-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Tender Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had the distinct pleasure last week of hosting Joe Lambert and Brooke Hessler from the Center for Digital Storytelling<\/a> for a workshop at Kenyon. I believed that I was going in as the on-site tech support guy, so I didn’t think I was going to make a story. See,\u00a0 I was going to be helpful to other people, and watch Joe and Brooke to really learn how to facilitate a story circle.<\/p>\n

Concetta (who had been in our 2012 workshop), said that was sad, because I’m a good storyteller. (Which is not, to be honest, something I’d gone into this workshop considering.) And there was a ripple of agreement in the room, that my colleagues wanted me with them as a participant. And Joe said “no free riders.”<\/p>\n

So I started wracking my brain for a story to tell.<\/p>\n

The penny dropped when, during another person’s turn in the story circle, Joe pointed out that writing a letter to someone can be a great storytelling prompt. I started thinking about people I’d like to talk to, people I might owe a thank-you note or an explanation.<\/p>\n

I remembered that I have a story which recently eluded telling<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And here’s another way to tell it.<\/p>\n