Bible Blossom - Storyteller's Handbook

T E L L I NG T ALES : A B I B L E B LOS S OM P RIMER ON S TORY TELLING • 25

• By what they say and how they say it • Through their intentions and actions

– Compare the various characters with one another. – Show how your character remains true to form or alters their behavior depending on the environment, test, and place. – Embody the “insides” of the character. – Use their name often. – Have them talk. – Act and talk as they act and talk. – Leave something to the imagination of your audience. • Creating identifications: constrain your audience to respond to the figures and their traits. – With whom do you sympathize? – With whom do you resonate? – What characters do you find disgusting or revolting? – Whom do you admire? Insights of the story (Luke 10.36) • Discover the most important thing in the story (teaching, idea, theme, etc.). • Explore the corollaries (outcomes or implications). • The insight question: what is it, above everything else, that this audience needs to know that this story embodies and reveals? Illuminations of the story (Luke 10.36) • What do you see now that you did not see before you heard the story? • How do you see differently what has always been here?