Story Telling

On Friday we went around the room and everyone told a story.  There was no criteria for what the story should be about, but there seemed to be a common theme. Everyone wanted to make the class laugh and usually at their own expense.  Stories are meant to be entertaining and as long as someone can speak reasonably well the message will be received by the audience.  While we were going around the room there was laughter that came from nearly every story and it was just an added bonus if the person was a good storyteller.  One way for a story to be better and more engaging is repetition.  Personally, I've told my story probably a hundred times.  I love the story and have tested it on countless audiences and knew that I would get a laugh in class.  A story is probably a good one when it gets told over and over again because is was successful when it was first told.  It's hard to beat a good story and especially when the audience enjoys it.