Tackling creative block through stories Workshop by Fairy Dharawat & Dhara Kothari

About the Workshop:

Stories make consuming information easy. Stories help to identify problems and solve them. In the workshop we will do fundamentals of stories, how to write a story based on the basics – beginning, middle and end.

Then we will make a story on the spot, and encourage the audience to tell it in front of an audience.

Writing and telling stories are two different things, and through this exercise, we will discuss how our brain functions when we do two seemingly identical exercises. The idea of the workshop is to make them think differently and be open to using a novel approach to solve problems as using a novel approach helps to reach a solution. Apart from writing and telling stories, we will play a game where the audience gets to pick up a card and create a story.

Workshop:

1. An introduction to stories using examples of movies and analyzing them.
2. Discussions on themes, characters and plots using stories.
3. Doing a story together. Each participant adds one element to the story.
4. How to tell a story.
   a) Using hands.
   b) Using flashbacks.
   c) Using chronology, sequences…

Exercises:

1. Pick up cards, to make a story ( individually).
2. Pick up cards, to make a story (in a group).
3. Writing one line story on a favorite movie. Like Lion King.
4. Look at your partner find something interesting, and make a story of it (eg a vintage hand watch, a cute button or a pen ( add a spin to it, like magical, lucky, etc))

Know About Fairy and Dhara.

We request all our attendees to bring their laptops along with them at the WordCamp, in order to make the most of the workshops.