Storytelling Starters ~ What’s a story No. 2
Saturday, August 26th, 2017
What’s a story? I asked this question a few weeks ago. Now I’ve returned to it to ask what you might make of the following two items:
Item 1:
There was a bear that he standed on his head.
Item 2:
Mr Hatfull was a taxi driver. One day in Redbridge, he was called to a house to pick up some trays of cream cakes to take them to a party which was due to take place later that day. On his way, Mr Hatfull had just drawn to a halt at some traffic lights that were on red when a very smart-looking man, obviously in a great hurry, ran across to his cab, opened the passenger door, jumped in and sat down Plop! – right on top of the cream cakes.
What’s a story? I guess you might decide that Item 2 is a story while Item 1 is not. But perhaps we have to think again.