Storytelling is… #1 The Introduction
Storytelling is… #12 The Skald
Storytelling is… #10 The Links
Storytelling is… #9 In A Circle
Storytelling is… #8 The Techniques
Storytelling is… #7 The Spendlow Lectures Part 2 Being Skaldic
Storytelling is… #6 The Spendlow Lectures Part 2 Chanters Stool
Storytelling is… #5 The Spendlow Lectures Part 1 The Chosen
Storytelling is… #4 An introduction to Adrian Spendlow (me)
Storytelling is… #1 Show intro

Storytelling is… #1 The Introduction
I suppose it must be admitted that there is not a great deal of humility involved in the creation of this set of guidelines for storytellers. The main motivator for me was showing off at how thrilled I am to have been booked to go work and perform in America.
I say America rather than The United States of America because I am secretly hoping someone else in The Americas will see this and invite me to the Amazon as well.
As you can see even at this early stage I am already digressing and I will be making this piece far too long for its original purpose which was to write a proposal for my visit, I suppose the longer it is, the more use it is to you the developing storyteller.
Primarily I shall be showing you details of my courses and performances at a Scandinavian Festival in North Dakota and in a longhouse in Wisconsin, (further details are in Links), so there is a Viking theme going on here; I shall try throughout however to have all this be helpful for ‘telling’ in any genre.
Basically, this blog will consist of a breakdown into headers for this tour.
Each of which will help you deepen your abilities as a storyteller.
There will be a description of the tour, details of a planned storytelling session (of an eclectic nature), an introduction to my work and motivation, details of my lectures, roles of a Skald / storyteller, suggestions of techniques, the benefits of following on with a story circle, group working through feedback, presenting outcomes and useful links to give you a background understanding of the projects involved.
I am hoping for responses and feedback to add to future editions in the series.
Indeed this whole thing has been put together as a fluid thing destined to develop through your input.
There will also be a link to my Bio (or CV).
Oh yes and a poem or two.
If I am totally honest I am a little scared of writing proposals and would rather write a scrolling long blog for kind people like Heidi and Tim to draw upon; so, it is not lack of humility that prompts the creation of this blog after all, it is fear.
Right let’s try this. An online show to represent what I will be performing, (though probably nothing like the actual show when the day comes) when I am at Norsk Høstfest, North Dakota and University of Wisconsin Green Bay in their Viking house.
Welcome ladies and gentlemen…
Storytelling is… #11 The Poem
Storytelling is… #10 The Links
Storytelling is… #9 In A Circle
Storytelling is… #8 The Techniques
Storytelling is… #7 The Spendlow Lectures Part 2 Being Skaldic
Storytelling is… #6 The Spendlow Lectures Part 2 Chanters Stool
Storytelling is… #5 The Spendlow Lectures Part 1 The Chosen
Storytelling is… #4 An introduction to Adrian Spendlow (me)
Storytelling is… #3 The Bio
Storytelling is… #2 The Show
Storytelling is… #1 Show intro
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