The Story Biz Handbook: How to Manage Your Storytelling Career from the Desk to the Stage

By Dianne de Las Casas

Book Overview

Beginning with wonderful tips and advice about the art and presentation of storytelling, this is a complete resource about how to build a storytelling career. Storytellers come to their careers centered on the stories they love and soon realize that in order to make a living at what they love, they must build a business. This in-depth book tells them just how and what to do in every detail, from choosing a sound system to building a website to using podcasts and setting up an office.

Resource lists and tried and true ideas abound as the author shares her marketing and business success story throughout. Each chapter is a story in itself, beginning and ending with different traditional folktale openings and closings. There is even a chapter on how to plan for retirement.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591587301
• ISBN13: 9781591587309
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.4" x 10.7"