The Story Biz Handbook

How to Manage Your Storytelling Career from the Desk to the Stage

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The Story Biz Handbook

How to Manage Your Storytelling Career from the Desk to the Stage

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Beginning with wonderful tips and advice about the art and presentation of storytelling, this is a complete resource about how to build a storytelling career. Storytellers come to their careers centered on the stories they love and soon realize that in order to make a living at what they love, they must build a business. This in-depth book tells them just how and what to do in every detail, from choosing a sound system to building a website to using podcasts and setting up an office.

Resource lists and tried and true ideas abound as the author shares her marketing and business success story throughout. Each chapter is a story in itself, beginning and ending with different traditional folktale openings and closings. There is even a chapter on how to plan for retirement.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Chapter 1: In the Beginning
Chapter 2: Working with Stories
Chapter 3: Storytelling Issues
Chapter 4: Preparing for Performance
Chapter 5: Performing Stories
Chapter 6: Mastering a Sound System
Chapter 7: Establishing Your Storytelling Business
Chapter 8: Setting Up Your Office
Chapter 9: Managing Your Bookings
Chapter 10: Defining Your Market
Chapter 11: Creating an Image
Chapter 12: Printed Promo with Pizzazz
Chapter 13: Extending Your Visibility
Chapter 14: Developing an Internet Presence
Chapter 15: Networking to Success
Chapter 16: Marketing with Results
Chapter 17: Making the Headlines
Chapter 18: Seeing is Hiring
Chapter 19: Getting on the "A-List"
Chapter 20: Who's Selling You?
Chapter 21: On the Road Again
Chapter 22: Honing Your Craft
Chapter 23: Storytelling in Educatin
Chapter 24: Storytelling in Libraries
Chapter 25: Recording and Promoting an Audio
Chapter 26: Storytelling Special Events & Organizations
Chapter 27: Working the Workshop Scene
Chapter 28: Taking Care of You
Chapter 29: Preparing for the Future
Chapter 30: Reaching Beyond

Product details

Published Sep 30 2008
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 408
ISBN 9781591587309
Imprint Libraries Unlimited
Dimensions 11 x 8 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Author

Dianne de Las Casas

Dianne de Las Casas was a professional storyteller…

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