The history of storytelling dates back thousands of years. We human beings can learn a lot from stories — about friendship, compassion and empathy etc.. A new study in Nature Communications, helps explain why: storytelling is a powerful means of fostering social cooperation and teaching social norms, and it pays valuable dividends to the storytellers themselves, improving their chances of being chosen as social partners, receiving community support and even having healthy offspring.

In this workshop, storytellers will learn the anatomy of story and explore different genres. We will focus on plot, characterization, scene analysis and design. Writing tricks and warmups will be introduced to help leaners generate ideas. Participants are expected to walk away from this workshop with at least one finished short story that will be enjoyable to tell and captivated to your audiences.

This is an online workshop. Enjoy learning from the comfort of your own home.