{"id":688174,"date":"2025-04-14T08:37:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T12:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veq.ca\/event\/stories-of-our-community-a-personal-storytelling-workshop-2\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T08:37:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T12:37:58","slug":"stories-of-our-community-a-personal-storytelling-workshop-2","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/veq.ca\/fr\/event\/stories-of-our-community-a-personal-storytelling-workshop-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories of Our Community: A Personal Storytelling Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"tribe-events-single-event-title text-center\">Stories of Our Community: A Personal Storytelling Workshop<\/h1>\n<div id=\"post-68727\" class=\"post-68727 tribe_events type-tribe_events status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry tribe_events_cat-cultural-event cat_cultural-event\">\n<div class=\"single-event-top\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-8\">\n<p>Please note that this activity has limited places and is complete. If you wish to be on the waitlist, please email us at info@morrin.org. Join us for a special two-day workshop on personal storytelling by writer, performer, and teacher Taylor Tower.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-4 foreword\">\n<div class=\"tribe-events-meta-group tribe-events-meta-group-details\">\n<div class=\"d-flex\">Date: <abbr class=\"tribe-events-abbr tribe-events-start-date published dtstart\" title=\"2025-01-18\">January 18, 2025<\/abbr><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-flex\">Time:<\/p>\n<div class=\"tribe-events-abbr tribe-events-start-time published dtstart\" title=\"2025-01-18\">10:00 &#8211; 16:00<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"d-flex tribe-events-event-categories-meta\">Event Category: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.morrin.org\/en\/events-activities\/category\/cultural-event\/\" rel=\"tag\">Cultural Event<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tribe-events-single-event-description tribe-events-content\">\n<div id=\"root\">\n<div class=\"MuiScopedCssBaseline-root gw-c-1880s92\">\n<div class=\"gw-c-b8r4vz\">\n<div class=\"guest-product-details gw-c-onvs56\">\n<div class=\"guest-content gw-c-k008qs\">\n<div class=\"guest-content-main gw-c-1m32gov\">\n<div class=\"gw-c-1cf9yaq\">\n<div class=\"gw-c-0\">\n<div class=\"guest-product-header-labels gw-c-1ivt557\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"guest-product-tags gw-c-mcn9xq\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"guest-product-gallery gw-c-gx0lhm\">\n<div class=\"gw-c-bq9wu6\">\n<div class=\"guest-product-gallery-screen gw-c-1gmttpl\">\n<div class=\"gw-c-ljdixq\">\n<div class=\"react-swipeable-view-container\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"false\" data-swipeable=\"true\">\n<div class=\"guest-product-gallery-slide guest-product-image gw-c-m25k7x\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gw-c-6jrdpz\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/cf-public-us\/morrin-centre-141605\/media\/L3692-1?t=1734116391944580\" alt=\"\" width=\"906\" height=\"604\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"guest-product-short-description MuiBox-root gw-c-0\">\n<p><em><strong>FULLY BOOKED<\/strong>\u00a0Saturday, January 18 and Sunday, January 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note that this activity has limited places and is complete. If you wish to be on the waitlist, please email us at info@morrin.org.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this workshop, we will identify the ingredients of a compelling story and the best ways to tell it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With a focus on listening and oral presentation, this workshop will help you develop your voice, hone your storytelling skills and develop a more profound sense of what makes a story worth sharing. We will analyze oral stories and do some written exercises to explore storytelling concepts and find a subject for our final stories, which will be performed at the end of the second day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Over two days, we will explore together:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The five essential elements of a great story \u2013 using the five senses to create evocative scenes<\/li>\n<li>Character and Plot: Turning yourself into a character and finding motive and action for your stories<\/li>\n<li>Structure and Endings<\/li>\n<li>Oral Vs. Written Stories: The Outline and Voice<\/li>\n<li>Performance: Rhythm and tempo, repetition, open vs closed postures, habitual muscular tensions and body centres<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Immerse yourself in the storytelling practice!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note: by booking a ticket for January 18, you are automatically registered for the whole two-day workshop. January 18 attendance is required to attend the January 19 session.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Presenter Biography<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taylorgtower.com\/\">Taylor Tower<\/a>\u00a0is a writer, performer and teacher based in Montreal. She grew up in Portland, Oregon and studied creative writing at Portland State University before moving to Montreal in 2006. She co-produced and co-hosted\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.confabulation.ca\/about\/\">Confabulation<\/a>, a monthly storytelling series, and performed at numerous storytelling events, including Literary Death Match, The Moth GrandSLAM, and The Moth MainStage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her writing has been featured on The Moth Radio Hour, which airs on 500 radio stations worldwide, as well as CBC Radio One&rsquo;s WireTap with Jonathan Goldstein and Public Radio Remix. She has taught storytelling workshops to students of all ages at Confabulation, the Quebec Writers&rsquo; Federation, The Loft Literary Center and the Morrin Centre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stories of Our Community: A Personal Storytelling Workshop Please note that this activity has limited places and is complete. 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