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This workshop will be held outdoors at a private residence. There is ample space to spread out. Bathroom is available indoors.
Do you have a story (or story idea) that you are looking to get on its feet? Are you looking for an opportunity to roll up your sleeves, put in some work, and unearth or polish that tale? At this stage in your story's development, could you benefit from some supportive coaching, peer feedback, and gentle suggestions from an attentive group? If so, this is the workshop for you.
For this session, your story is everything. We'll dive right in, using our time together solely for telling and feedback. Participation is capped so that each attendee has ample time for sharing a 10-12 minute story and a robust, in-depth discussion afterward.
- No one is going to tell you what you "should" do with your story, but we will offer "coulds," if you'd like.
- You own your story, and you oversee and direct the feedback. The group and I are at your service.
- If your story is shorter, there will be more time for discussion and feedback.
Workshop size will be kept to 7 to insure that participants receive maximum individual attention.
In the event of especially severe weather, we'll poll the group to either reschedule or sub in a Zoom session or an indoor session with cracked windows, ventilation, high powered HEPA medical grade purifiers, and a little spacing.
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Instructor Info:
Scott Whitehair is the producer of THIS MUCH IS TRUE, one of the city's longest running personal narrative series, creator of STORY LAB CHICAGO, recently featured in Forbes and Newsweek, and founder of DO NOT SUBMIT, a citywide network of pressure free open mics. He has told stories anywhere somebody will listen, including The Steppenwolf, Second City, The Green Mill, The Woodstock Opera House, and for NPR, The Risk Podcast, Sirius XM, and more. Scott is a 2x Moth Slam winner and has been featured at The Printer's Row Lit Festival, Fillet of Solo Festival, Chicago Improv Festival, The Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival, The Evanston Public Library Storytelling Festival, and The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference. He has taught sold-out monthly classes since 2012, and has done training for such organizations as Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Price Waterhouse Cooper, RW Baird, Chicago Cares, Loews Hotels, Lurie Childrens Hospital, Crate & Barrel, Dyson, United Way, and many others. Scott has been a guest instructor at DePaul, Northwestern, Loyola, University of Chicago's Booth School of Business, IO Chicago, and The Latin School. His private coaching clients have included a Fortune 500 CEO and top speakers nationwide. Scott formerly served on the Board of Directors for the National Storytelling Network, taught a week long course at All Hallows College in Dublin, Ireland, and was the featured instructor at Hong Kong Story Worthy Week, which was headlined by David Sedaris. Scott performed at The National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough in 2017.
