For many people, if you talk with them about telling their story, the response would be something like “Oh, there is nothing special about me. My life has been boring — no big struggles, successes, or tragedies. Nobody wants to hear about my boring life.” . . . You would be surprised.
Try telling a small story about something that happened when you were a child. That is a good starting place. Keeping it short and to the point is always good. For extra punch, include a twist at the end to surprise your listeners.
In this video, Barrie Stephenson illustrates this point.
Barrie Stephenson was the Executive Producer of the BBC Telling Lives Digital Storytelling project running workshops throughout England between 2002 and 2005. Telling Lives was based on the Capture Wales project based at the BBC in Cardiff. When the Telling Lives project ended, Barrie began Digistories to continue to pass on the skills of digital storytelling to a wide range of communities.