About this item
This is a practical storytelling guide from comedian, winner of multiple Moth storytelling competitions, and founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade storytelling program, Margot Leitman. Did you ever wish you could tell a story that leaves others spellbound? Storytelling teacher and champion Margot Leitman will show you how! With a fun, irreverent, and infographic approach, this guide breaks a story into concrete components with ways to improve content, structure, emotional impact, and delivery through personal anecdotes, relatable examples, and practical exercises.
About the Author
Margot Leitman is a storyteller, comedian, and writer originally from Matawan, New Jersey. She founded the storytelling program at the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre, and is the author of "Long Story Short: the Only Storytelling Guide You'll Ever Need" as well as the comedic memoir Gawky: Tales of an Extra Long Awkward Phase from Seal Press/Perseus Books. For television, she has written for NBC, the Hallmark Channel, and the PixL network. In print, her writing has appeared in Playgirl magazine and New York Press, and on websites such as the Frisky, CollegeHumor, and MyLifetime.com. Margot is a fivetime Moth StorySLAM winner and was the Moth GrandSLAM champion in New York City in 2011. She travels all over the world performing her true stories and teaching others to tell their own. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son. Visit MargotLeitman.com.
