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THE STORY SOLVER BOOK!!!
The Story Solver: Solutions for Sensational Stories Because so many people said they enjoyed the Story Solver in this format, then add that they would like “something to hold in their hands… more →
The Story Solver
THE STORY SOLVER BOOK!!!
Valerie Adolph wrote 6 months ago: The Story Solver: Solutions for Sensational Stories Because so many people said they enjoyed the Sto … more →
Contest Speech Stories #3 ACTION
Valerie Adolph wrote 7 months ago: I’m going to make a movie. Lights! Camera! Action! Notice that last word ‘Action!’ … more →
Stories for Contests #2 Character
Valerie Adolph wrote 7 months ago: There’s a very good chance that the character in your contest speech stories is you yourself. … more →
Stories for Contests #1 Theme
Valerie Adolph wrote 7 months ago: When I enter a contest I select my stories and anecdotes as I would select a dress for a very specia … more →
Story Arc
Valerie Adolph wrote 8 months ago: We all have events in our lives that we call “learning experiences”. The more interesting (and less … more →
Choices for a Humorous Speech
Valerie Adolph wrote 8 months ago: I can’t be the only person who has weird stuff happening to them. Yesterday I took my grandso … more →
Humorous story
Valerie Adolph wrote 8 months ago: “Like nailing Jello to a tree” my brother-in-law used to say when he found elements of a … more →
The Touching Story
Valerie Adolph wrote 8 months ago: As I have written these posts and gathered them into book form I have taken care not to research fro … more →
Bringing History to Life
Valerie Adolph wrote 8 months ago: As I have written these posts and gathered them into book form I have taken care not to research fro … more →
Storytelling Project #3 - Moral of the Story
Valerie Adolph wrote 8 months ago: As I have written these posts and gathered them into book form I have taken care not to research fro … more →
Let's Get Personal Story Telling Project #2
Valerie Adolph wrote 8 months ago: As I have written these posts and gathered them into book form I have taken care not to research fro … more →
The Folk Tale
Valerie Adolph wrote 8 months ago: As I have written these posts and gathered them into book form I have taken care not to research fro … more →
Memories
Valerie Adolph wrote 9 months ago: I have memories of my childhood, unique memories that once in a while I share with others in my Toas … more →
From Example to Story
Valerie Adolph wrote 9 months ago: Let’s say I’m doing a speech presentation for a wild life rescue organization. Once I ge … more →
Story telling: Ten Best Tips
Valerie Adolph wrote 10 months ago: I love these ‘top ten’ lists that condense a lot of information into a short space, so h … more →
Polishing your story
Valerie Adolph wrote 10 months ago: Okay, so I’ve written this story or anecdote. It says what I wanted to say, fits with my spee … more →
Confidence
Valerie Adolph wrote 10 months ago: When I first started writing my stories were about people very different from myself – differe … more →
Word Pictures
Valerie Adolph wrote 10 months ago: I like reading about nature, geography and about how the world was formed. I haunt those sections of … more →
Just an Example
Valerie Adolph wrote 10 months ago: I was at a training session for Toastmaster Area Governors last weekend. The main speaker was Tevis … more →
