Storiography Alive and Well in Victoria

On 10 May 2010, several of the Guild's senior storytellers gathered with others at the home of award winning author and storyteller Penny Draper to explore the commonalities and difference between literary and oral stories. It's not often that Guild members have talked about story rather than tell stories. While it became clear that participants were looking at the story telling process from many different directions, a consensus began to build about the nature of story and how oral stories differ from written stories. Time passed far to quickly and it was decided to meet again to workshop some sample oral-written transitions and to further the discussion in general.