American School of Storytelling

Crafting the authentic voice to artfully and truthfully tell our stories.

Tag: Online

  • The Body in Stories

    The Body in Stories

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    C.M.Mounts

    “The Body in Stories” explores the difficult physical and emotional presentation of romance, sexuality and physical intimacy in stories. What is cliche? What is too much? What is enough to […]

  • Beginnings and Endings

    Beginnings and Endings

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    C.M.Mounts

    The invitation for the audience to enter the story can be more complicated than “Once upon a time…”. Similarly, the ending often deserves more than a rote “Happily ever after..” […]

  • Fairytale Variations: Ghosts

    Fairytale Variations: Ghosts

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    C.M.Mounts

    “The veil grows thin and the otherworld draws close . . . ” It’s October, so we felt it was only right that we see what ghostly stories we can […]

  • Ghost Story Summer Camp- Online

    Ghost Story Summer Camp- Online

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    C.M.Mounts

    Who doesn’t like telling ghost stories, at summer camp or the family table? In the first session, the American School of Storytelling’s Founder, Loren Niemi will tell three types of […]

  • Reimagining Traditional Stories

    Reimagining Traditional Stories

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    C.M.Mounts

    There is power in the old stories that can show us how to face difficulties and triumph. They can speak to our own time and circumstances. Whether Immersive, deconstructed or […]