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A series of blogs by  Shanna Forrestall of Forrestall Consulting. 

Posts tagged storytelling
Sing Yourself to Sleep

Sometimes in life you find your “purpose” in a project, and this little project has done that for me.

I am a storyteller, but after releasing my 1st children’s book WHY THE GIRL BECAME A CAT (proceeds help to raise funds to mentor and hire young people on the spectrum), I received a call from a trusted friend who asked if I would be interested in writing additional children’s stories for an LP of bedtime stories to soothe young children… and of course, I answered with a resounding YES!

SING YOURSELF TO SLEEP was the story that summed it all up perfectly and helped me to realize WHY this work is so important to me. In writing and performing these stories I am able to say all of the things I wish had been said to me when I was a young girl growing up in South Louisiana.

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Not Just Small Talk - Ep. 18 - "How To Tell Stories with Technology"

Not Just Small Talk w/ Shanna Forrestall - Episode 18 features special guest Jason Buch talking about "How to Tell Stories with Technology".

Jason D. Buch is a writer and filmmaker who has been making movies based in Louisiana for the last 12 years. He is a graduate of the University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop, earning his MFA in 2008. He also holds a B.S. In Computer Science from the University of South Florida and worked for AT&T and IBM, before pursuing screenwriting. Drawing on a background as a software developer, Jason’s work explores the merging of technology and narrative as in his interactive video app So You’re Dating a Vampire. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Louisiana State University and a principal with Neutral Ground Films.

http://www.neutralgroundfilms.com

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