Comments on Breaking the Eggs: Performance Storytelling in the 21st Century: Process: Color and Advance

This is great. The color/advance concept is so sim...

2009-08-07T20:10:16.134-07:00

This is great. The color/advance concept is so simple and so perfect at the same time. It pretty much sums up the key aspects of storytelling.

I've never heard it discussed in these terms, but when I look at the stories I tell on my blog, I'm definitely using these two key concepts. For me it's always been a goal to transport the reader/listener INTO the story, and 'color' achieves that. But 'advance' keeps their interest with plot and story movement. You definitely need both, and in good balance.

Thanks for this!

I love this post, Tim! I had never heard of "Colo...

2009-07-30T06:20:49.153-07:00

I love this post, Tim! I had never heard of "Color/Advance" but it makes a lot of sense and appeals to both my orderly side and my playful side. Thanks for sharing it!

Hope Baugh
Indy Theatre Habit

Dear Tim and Priscilla: I will be having a "backy...

2009-07-20T20:50:38.766-07:00

Dear Tim and Priscilla:

I will be having a "backyard-type" storytelling for my birthday. There will be many family and friends and a chance for feedback and yet celebrate where I am in my life.

I feel a strong urge to tell Rumpelstiltskin--the frame of the story--with three personal stories within at about the time Rumpelstiltskin appears in the story.

The hour before my time, though, I will have open mike. I am curious who will step forth to sing, dance, play an instrument or. . .tell a story.

By the way, I love the "Color/Advance" game. I may even want to play it as I explore this story further.

Until we tell again,

Rachel Hedman

Nice post (and thanks for the nod!). Color/Advance...

2009-07-18T15:12:33.910-07:00

Nice post (and thanks for the nod!). Color/Advance sounds like a great game.

When I think of color in a story, I remember what Don Davis said once in a workshop [I can't write his N. Carolina accent]: "When you tell a story you paint a picture. You don't want it to be like a Jackson Pollock [confused look on his face]. You don't want it to be like Andrew Wyeth, with every knot on every board. You want to kind of Monet it down the middle."

An advantage of a backyard storytelling lab is that you can ask the audience what they thought. Sometimes I tell them ahead of time that I may need their advice at the end.