Becomming Interesting...Storytelling?


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WeDesignOurLives is offline WeDesignOurLives Post #1  October 26,2009, 8:49pm
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How does one become more interesting? Does he/she become a better storyteller? Ok, how? What stories do you tell? What do you do to make yourself more interesting? Tips? Practice?

(not very together on this one, I know, but you get what I'm talking about...)...

... what are the traits and tricks that make a person interesting and how do you improve....
 
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JerryC is offline JerryC Post #2  October 27,2009, 6:40pm
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I guess I would become more interesting if I won the lottery. Where's Gus the groundhog when I need him?
How does one become a better story teller. Practice. We've all had enough things happen to us in our lives that are worth a tale. Keep it light and try not to make the world revolve around you. Tell stories that will interest those around you. I certainly wouldn't tell the story about the three legged dog that came out of nowhere and hunted with us before disappearing again if I were having tea with a bunch of animal right activists. But then why would I be having tea with them in the first place.
I'm half Italian, so I talk with my hands, not sure whether that makes me more interesting, or people just gather around me so I can keep the mosquitoes away from them.
Don't take yourself too seriously. If you're telling a story, you're trying to entertain the crowd, not convert them or convince them.
Take a break, go the bathroom, have smoke or a drink. If they're still there when you come back, you're doing something right.
Tricks? That's for magicians. Be yourself, it's only a story, even if it really did happen. Try not to ramble, which I'm doing so it's time to let someone else pick up the story...
 
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Good help... I need to start a meetup group to practice story telling.
 
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My friend H is an interesting man. I think big part of his ability to interest people is his personality and social skills. He's very engaging and easy going, lots of eye contact and smiling, laughing, joking. His brain is very agile, I mean he will pick out an opportunity to say something funny. And he's not nasty. He's not trying to be funny at the expense of someone else.

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I have a question for you. who do you want to become more interesting to? a group, your date, who? what is your purpose for wanting to be interesting or is it just to be entertaining, popularity,or keeping a date interested in you? I don't know about groups but one one with a date he will find you interesting if you are excited about your life and have an up beat persona plenty of eye contact and you also show an interest in him and the things that he does. when you are interested in something it shows in your face and your body movements and in your voice reflections. I imagine with groups your face and your body lanaguage, and voice relfections also play an important role too. and is there a message in the storytelling that relates to the group and show who you are. what is the real purpose you are seeking to do? that is not clear to me.
 
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I think I'd call someone who is a good story teller 'amusing', not interesting. To me, 'interesting' is something more intrinsic to one's personality, not something surface such as telling stories, even if they come from one's own experience.
 
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jayjay wrote :
I think I'd call someone who is a good story teller 'amusing', not interesting. To me, 'interesting' is something more intrinsic to one's personality, not something surface such as telling stories, even if they come from one's own experience.
I thought interpretation is intrinsic to one's personality. Therefore, storytelling, the encoding and decoding could be interesting.
 
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I have a question for you. who do you want to become more interesting to? a group, your date, who? what is your purpose for wanting to be interesting or is it just to be entertaining, popularity,or keeping a date interested in you?
Well it's not for anyone in particular and the goal is to become more self-expressed so I can create better relationships.

Most people, to some degree, use stories to demonstrate who they are... how they perceived and reacted in situations.

"he will find you interesting if you are excited about your life and have an up beat persona plenty of eye contact and you also show an interest in him and the things that he does."

Well it's my experience that if you can't really relate well what you're excited about and why that you will be perceived as guarded or insecure.
 
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I think I'd call someone who is a good story teller 'amusing', not interesting. To me, 'interesting' is something more intrinsic to one's personality, not something surface such as telling stories, even if they come from one's own experience.
What you seem to be saying the opposite of what I think... the personality would be the superficial stuff and the story would be revealing of the person's values, views, and priorities which make for discussion (which is the interest in interesting).
 
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I find that educating yourself, through schooling, current events, and learning common sense, and relating well with people, will help you become interesting. Reading just about anything you can get your hands on, is a good way to start. Know the people , and find out if possible what they're main interests are would help too. Obviously if you're a brain surgeon, and you end up at a party of fashionistas(no insult intended to either careers) , you wouldn't find much in common to discuss. And know some jokes, they always help to relax people.
Suzie PS, Try new things too. Something that you've never done before.
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