Long Story Short: The Only Storytelling Guide You’ll Ever Need
About this audiobook
This is a practical storytelling guide from comedian, winner of multiple Moth storytelling competitions, and founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade storytelling program Margot Leitman.
Did you ever wish you could tell a story that leaves others spellbound? Storytelling teacher and champion Margot Leitman will show you how! With a fun, irreverent, and infographic approach, this guide breaks a story into concrete components with ways to improve content, structure, emotional impact, and delivery through personal anecdotes, relatable examples, and practical exercises.
About the author
Margot Leitman, founder of the storytelling program at Upright Citizens Brigade, is a five-time winner of the Moth and a winner of the Moth GrandSLAM, achieving the series’ first ever score of a perfect ten. She has performed on Best Week Ever and Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and her stories have been featured on The Moth podcast, RISK!, NPR’s Good Food, and Unfictional. Her storytelling workshops at corporations, theaters, and comedy groups are popular on both coasts.
