On this week's episode of GRIT, host Sean talks with Cat Dean. Cat lives in Carrboro, NC. She is an improv artist, martial artist, storyteller and badass mother of two.
99-Second Story Slam
Beginners Bootcamp
EPISODE TIMELINE
2:30- Cat's 5-minute story
8:30-
11- Beware of the bad guy/gal trap!
12- Making a movie in our minds with scenes/verb tense
13- Cat's 'first three sentences' rule
14- Do not assume we want to hear your story!
15- The danger of over animating and over emoting and why Cat loathes silly accents
16- Know your skill set- then leverage it!
17- People are what’s interesting!
18- The hardest part of crafting this story (nothing happens!) and why Cat had to create pictures more carefully
20- How Cat doesn't 'give anything away'
22- When it's over, end it - without the TED Talk (trust your audience can figure it out!)
23:30- Characterizing ('the kind of'...)
25- Don't ask us to juggle a bunch of facts
26- Why Cat likes mostly sense memories (and not just what happened)
27- Show > tell is usually more satisfying
29- YOU have MANY stories!
30- PRO TIP
30:45- Favorite tellers
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