2.3. PREPARATION
The preparation for a storytelling performance is laborious and repetitive, but the actual performance is like white-water rafting. In rehearsal, myriad options must be considered, tried out, and evaluated for their possible impact. In performance, you have no time for thought, for reflection, for second thoughts. You hurtle forward, swept on by the rush of events, the thing finished in a matter of seconds, the lips moving faster than the mind. If you have done the preparation and are ready for the performance, then the self—and the story—will flow effortlessly. But if you have not thought through what you are trying to say and are not comfortable with who you are or how this relates to the story you are telling, then the audience ...
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