Category Archives: Storytelling
It’s a date!
Give the special mom in your life a great night out with Better Said Than Done! Surprise her with tickets for our May show, where we will be offering a night of true, personal stories AND optional childcare, for an easy … Continue reading
Common Storytelling Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
The great joy of being a first-time storyteller is that your entire life is new stage material. Everyone has those three or five great stories that they’ve been dishing from bar stools and dinner tables for years and years, so … Continue reading
The Tax Man Cometh
Whether you filed your 1040 months ago or have spent all day going through receipts, scribbling down numbers, searching for the post office with the latest possible drop-off, and downloading Form 4868 (automatic extension), we all know there’s a deadline … Continue reading
Video Extras with Alison (March 2015)
Joining us for Video Extras, this month is first-time teller Alison, who stepped up to the mic after taking a storytelling workshop with Better Said Than Done. Think of this as the commentary track to Alison’s story from our March 2015 … Continue reading
Friends of Reston Storytelling Videos
Thank you to everyone who attended the storytelling benefit show at Walker Nature Education Center. Better Said Than Done storytellers, with your help, raised nearly $800 for the Friends of Reston for Community Projects. Also, a special thank you to … Continue reading
Standup vs. Storytelling: Part Two | Content
Some high school friends and I began writing a book back in the mid-90s about casual humor called “We’re So Serious about Comedy, It Isn’t Funny.” We’re still waiting to hear back from some publishers. We dissected all comedy into … Continue reading
Storytelling in Reston’s Nature House
Better Said Than Done got it’s humble launch at the Walker Nature Education Center in Reston, VA back in 2010. Our first and second storytelling shows in Virginia were fundraisers for the Friends of Reston. We continue to honor that … Continue reading
Stranger Nonfiction Storytelling
In Better Said Than Done’s February show, “Stranger Than Fiction,” at The Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, VA, the storytellers shared some truly unbelievable tales. We don’t always post all the videos of the true stories shared, but this time you … Continue reading
This show’s a natural
Celebrate the arrival of spring with a night of storytelling by Better Said Than Done at Walker Nature Center! All proceeds benefit Friends of Reston, whose projects include camp scholarships, green building initiatives, environmental education, and the restoration of natural … Continue reading
