In this step-by-step companion guide, Nancy Mellon explores the secrets
of a good story and how to become a confident teller of stories made
from scratch. The healing power of stories is a strong antidote to
today's world of electronic screens and games. Storytelling is an
engaging and meaningful way of sharing our thoughts and feelings. As a
path of self-development, storytelling awakes archetypal experiences,
symbols, and inner forces for healing others and oneself.
Nancy Mellon shows how to create a magical atmosphere for telling tales,
how to use movement and direction in a story, how to set a "storyscape,"
making beginnings and endings, and how to use the rhythms of voice in
the most effective ways. Here, too, are the subtler ingredients of
storytelling, including moods, the elements, the seasons, and using the
symbolism of magic words, objects, and weapons to represent outer and
archetypal forces in our world.
Healing Storytelling is the third edition of the book originally
published as Storytelling and the Art of Imagination.