The power of story | Reading Rockets

There’s power in phrases. There is much more power in phrases which can be strung collectively to inform a story. Stories reveal truths, encourage exploration, generate curiosity, and extra. They develop into a connective tissue between time, individuals, cultures, and experiences.

There’s particular power in a story shared aloud.

A couple of weeks in the past, I witnessed an writer studying to an all-adult viewers. The specifics don’t matter as a lot as what I witnessed. Not a sound might be heard within the auditorium of over 300. The solely sound was the writer’s voice weaving a story that held listeners rapt.

Words made into tales, learn aloud, create what writer Kate DiCamillo calls a “safe room” permitting connection, even making them.

As diCamillo reminds us, it’s the power of story shared whether or not between listeners of any age that connects.

Take a while. Share a story. Connect.