Story Time

I like when the author says we create ourselves out of the stories we tell about our lives. I think this is very true. We all like to tell stories about what has happen to us or what we have heard. All the stories you tell people you just met, show a lot about who you are as a person. It’s also true with tribes and different cultures. Some of the legends they believe shape their culture and religion.
Staying on topic is the most effective way to tell a story. I hate when people are telling me something and add in all the extra details that I really do not care about. I wish they would just get to the point, so by the middle of the story I’m still listening and paying attention. Some people think all the extra details make up the story. In some cases they do, but only to a certain extent. Also, a story is boring when the person telling it just goes…”and then this happened…and then this happened...” The story teller has to be creative in telling the story so I want to listen and I’m intrigued. A story needs a plot, complication, and climax. Without those components a story really has no purpose. Even when the author was talking about made up bed time stories for children; I still think in our minds we make a story fit those standards. I think its common knowledge that is what makes up a good story. I think it is just natural to fit any story we tell into that category. There are some exceptions but for the most part that’s how story telling goes.