Braided, Fractured and Re-Imagined Story Workshop

Braided, Fractured, and Re-imagined Stories: A Free Workshop led by Jessica Robinson for the Story Center at the Mid-Continental Public Library

In this interactive workshop with Jessica Robinson, participants will take stories they know well and twist them, reshaping them into something new and different. Students will learn how the terms “fractured” and “braided” apply to stories, when and why to reshape a story, and practical steps to twist a tale. This class is part of the Oral Storytelling Certificate Program as a storytelling elective. This program will be held virtually using Zoom. Registration with a valid email address is required to receive the Zoom link. All start times are Central Time.

FREE but you must register here:

www.mymcpl.org/events/109084/braided-fractured-and-re-imagined-stories-zoom

Jessica Robinson is the Founding Executive Director of Better Said Than Done, the organization behind the Women’s Storytelling Festival. In addition to producing storytelling shows since 2011, Jessica has performed at Exchange Place at the International Storytelling Festival, on WGBH’s “Stories from the Stage,” and at three National Storytelling Network (NSN) Conferences. Jessica was featured at the Stone Soup, the Washington Folk, the Alleghany Highlands, the Florida, and the Hampton Storytelling Festivals, and has told lies and emceed at the Good Liars Club Festival four years in a row. Jessica is a 2023 ORACLE Award recipient from the NSN. Jessica’s latest book, Stages: My Life in Stories, is a memoir in stories.

Jessica has been teaching storytelling to individuals and organizations since 2011. In addition to community centers, libraries, and adult education centers, Jessica has taught storytelling for The Brookings Institution, The George Washington University School of Business, George Mason University’s Athletic Department, and The World Bank, to name a few.