Playing With Stories

Story Crafting For Storytellers, Writers, Teachers And Other Imaginative Thinkers

Non-Fiction - Education
186 Pages
Reviewed on 06/22/2014
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Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite

Playing With Stories: Story Crafting For Storytellers, Writers, Teachers And Other Imaginative Thinkers by Kevin Cordi throws light on the author's power of story telling. It also helps readers to discover new theories and innovative ideas and methods when it comes to crafting stories and plays for imaginative thinkers and others. The book describes the joys of story telling and what goes on behind the scenes and it also tells readers about the importance of creativity, listening and expressing oneself. The author's passion for story telling and teaching is infectious and he invites everyone to take the trip with him that will reveal his power to transform and transport readers through a story.

This is a book that is helpful to parents, teachers and educators in teaching one how to craft stories and improvise on one's story telling skills. The author's authority and expertise in the subject comes to the fore in this book through the advice and tips he shares with readers. These help in dispelling a lot of preconceived notions about plays and story telling. The ideas shared in this book are really helpful and refreshing and delve into the nuances of story telling and story writing. The author also tells readers to let go of habits, experiment with words and thoughts, and not to be too rigid in their thinking when it comes to plays and story writing. This collection of valuable and simple ideas to be used in classrooms will excite both teachers and students in many ways.