Alan's Creativity Challenges 2003-03
Stories, stories, stories...tools for creativityThis week's Creativity Challenge has to do with the use of story reading
as a sparker for creativity and creative thinking.
In Atlanta each year the Southern Order of Storytelling holds its Annual Winter
Storytelling Festival involving many performing storytellers from the south plus
some guest tellers from other states. I have attended 20 of them and have always
walked away after a great deal of enjoyment with many creative ideas.
MONDAY
Search your home library for a couple story books, preferably short/short stories
that can be read in 10 or less minutes.
Read two or three of the stories simply for enjoyment.
After you read them ask yourself...
What images came to mind while I was reading the story/
Which character(s) did I relate to?
How might I rewrite the story?
TUESDAY
Ask a friend to borrow one of the favorite story books.
Read two or three of the stories simply for enjoyment.
After you read them ask yourself...
What images came to mind while I was reading the story/
Which character(s) did I relate to?
How might I rewrite the story?
WEDNESDAY
Video tape one or two children's television shows and watch/listen to a couple of
the stories that are told during the shows.
Listen to or watch two or three of the stories simply for enjoyment.
After you read them ask yourself...
What images came to mind while I was reading the story/
Which character(s) did I relate to?
How might I rewrite the story?
THURSDAY
Go to a local library and check out some stories on audio or video tape.
Listen to or watch two or three of the stories simply for enjoyment.
After you read them ask yourself...
What images came to mind while I was reading the story/
Which character(s) did I relate to?
How might I rewrite the story?
FRIDAY/Saturday/Sunday
Find a storytelling hour or program available in your town or nearby and attend it
just for enjoyment.
Let the imaginations of story writers and storytellers spark your imagination
this week.
Alan
© 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006 Robert Alan Black, Ph.D. CSP