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Summary: A much appreciated book!
Review: This book does seem to be better organized than the author's other book, Write Right. The "layers of onion" analogy used to describe layers of a story character still doesn't seem to work as well as it might. This is still not a real problem if the reader simply remembers what I believe is the author's major point in using that analogy: The CHARACTER is all important to the story, and strongly needs to be developed on different levels. It is a point well worth taking!Whereas the author's book--Write Right: Creative Writing Using Storytelling Techniques--is about creative writing, this one is strictly about storytelling. It focuses mostly on the TEACHER'S use of storytelling in the classroom, but also has a chapter on teaching students to tell. The chapter on teaching students presents ONE WAY a teacher could help students learn to tell stories. The author also provides, in this chapter, a list of the pluses and minuses of different types of common stories. He attempts to assess what he calls the "tellability" factor for each type. He presents all this only as guidelines for helping students choose a story to tell. Another thing I am glad to find in this book is a little guidance in the area of copyrights. It is very basic information, but enough to cover what a teacher needs to know and just a little bit more. Finally, I would strongly suggest the purchase of BOTH this book and Kendall Haven's other book already mentioned above. Although it is a little expensive to do so, the information seems to me to be invaluable. Happy Storytelling!
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