Elements of Good Storytelling

As Kimberly Appelcline reminds us, we have all probably heard plenty of bad storytelling. I can think of one acquaintance in particular who begins to tell a story, but will start to give background information and then go off on a tangent causing a simple story that could be told in about 30 seconds to go on for about three minutes. It’s a good reminder that everything in a story should have a pur...