Everyone has one or more stories to tell. But not everyone is a storyteller.
Being a storyteller, I think, first of all, you must live your story while you tell it.
People don’t listen to the details of your stories. People listen to your excitement, your fear, your pain, your achievement. People are drawn to the move of your emotions in the story.
Thus, a successful storyteller is nothing but an emotion infuser. And you use your words as a means to do it. They become magical images, sounds and even hopes and dreams of the listeners.
Being a storyteller, then, is the art of building the bridge where you invite the outsider step on to the journey of your soul. To me, that is a fascinating job.
*My note on the journey of writing WATER and SALT. When you discover the world has been through so many things, in a blink of an eye, you know the story you tell should also give such awe feeling. Or else, it’s not fair to the readers.
