Ira Glass on Storytelling, Part 4

by User ImageWilliam Womack, June 24th, 2008

Many thanks to Ira Glass for unwittingly pinch-hitting on the blog while I’m otherwise occupied. In the fourth and last installment of his thoughts on storytelling, he discusses two common pitfalls storytellers fall into; not using their own unique voice, and being too self-centric. Let’s listen in…
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Ira Glass on Storytelling, Part 3

by User ImageWilliam Womack, June 21st, 2008

Ira’s on a roll. Let’s tune in and see what he has to say about taste and its effect on storytelling. Of all his videos, this is the one that spoke loudest to me. So that’s why I’m so frustrated with my writing sometimes…
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Ira Glass on Storytelling, Part 2

by User ImageWilliam Womack, June 17th, 2008

I couldn’t say anything on storytelling that Ira doesn’t cover in this series, so I’ll spare you the commentary. On with part 2…
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Ira Glass on Storytelling, Part 1

by User ImageWilliam Womack, June 15th, 2008

Although you wouldn’t know it from my recent silence, I’m actually feeling reinvigorated about writing. Last week’s vacation helped me sort some things out in the way that only changing venues can do. While I’m processing what I’ve learned and putting it into blog form, here’s the first of a wonderful set of videos that […]