Your Story, Well Told - Creative Strategies to Develop and Perform Stories that Wow an Audience (How To Sell Yourself)

Emmy-award winning producer, writer, and speaker Corey Rosen brings us Your Story, Well Told, a guidebook which shares techniques from improvisational theatre to help people bring out the best version of any true story. From brainstorming and development to performance, this guidebook will give readers the bump in confidence they need to make the sale, land the client, propose a toast, or impress their date!

About the author

Corey Rosen is an Emmy-award winning writer, actor, and storytelling teacher. He has hosted 105 live events for The Moth, The Moth StorySlam, and GrandSlams.
Rosen has been featured on The Moth Radio Hour, Backfence PDX and “The Finch Files” and “The B-Sider” podcasts. He is an on-air personality for Alice Radio’s “The Sarah and Vinnie Show,” the #1-rated commercial morning show in the San Francisco area.
A performer at BATS Improv, he is also a head writer at Tippett Studio. When not writing or performing, Corey works as a visual effects artist and executive producer. He is credited in movies including “Mission: Impossible,” several “Star Wars” films, and “Disney’s A Christmas Carol.” He has taught at NYU and Academy of Art University, written for Comedy Central, Jim Henson Productions, and Lucasfilm, and directed television commercials and Emmy award-winning short films.
Patrick Combs is a San Diego-based Hall of Fame inspirational speaker, a bestselling author, and a highly acclaimed comedic entertainer. He has been the invited guest speaker of more than 1,500 organizations and has been the star comedic entertainer on more than 400 stages around the world.

Summary

So You’ve Got a Story to Sell

“Corey Rosen's book is a great resource. I know I will return to it again and again for ideas, inspiration, and entertainment.” ―Samantha Harris, cohost of Dancing with the Stars and Entertainment Tonight and author of Your Healthiest Healthy

2021 International Book Awards finalist in Self-Help: Motivational
#1 New Release in Speech and Public Speaking
Learn the art of telling stories and make the sale, land the client, propose a toast, or impress a date. Corey Rosen is an Emmy-award winning writer and actor with years of experience as a skilled story telling coach. His book is Jam-packed with some of the best story telling strategies out there.

Telling stories well is a skill we all need. We’ve all got stories to tell─but how do you make your story the best? In his book, Moth veteran and master teacher Corey Rosen inspires you to tell your story. Using the best storytelling techniques from improvisational theatre, Rosen designs an accessible guide for all ages and skill levels. Crafted to help ordinary people tell extraordinary stories, this laugh out loud handbook covers everything from how to tell a good story to going off script.

Learn how to sell yourself through the art of telling stories. The best story telling uses improvisation to enthrall, entertain, and keep audiences on edge. Laugh along with tales of performance triumphs (and disasters) and explore ways to tell your story with confidence and spontaneity. From brainstorming and development to performance and memorization techniques, learn how to tell a good story with:

• A variety of structures and editing approaches to bring out your best story
• Improv exercises to stimulate creativity without feeling foolish
• Quick and easy lessons on building stories
• Resources for putting on a showcase to tell your story

If you’re ready to sell the story straight or enjoyed books like Stories That Stick, Long Story Short, or Storyworthy, you’ll love Your Story, Well Told.

Foreword

When not telling stories, teaching, and improvising, Corey Rosen is the VP of creative marketing and head writer for a 2-time Oscar-winning visual effects and animation studio (Tippett Studio). He is a seasoned marketer, adept in managing social media and email marketing campaigns. He is designing and executing a widespread marketing campaign for The Best Story Ever Told to take advantage of all avenues possible, including:

Live Appearances

• Rosen appears on stage in front of 700+ audience members every month via The Moth, BATS Improv, and The Writing Pad. Each show provides opportunities to both promote and sell this book.
  
• Rosen lectures regularly at schools, colleges (including UC Berkeley), writers groups (such as South Bay Storytellers), storyteller gatherings (such as StorySlam Oakland), and corporate events (like the Box Vision 2019 event, at which he was keynote speaker), promoting the book as companion to lectures and talks given.

Book Tour

Rosen will perform at storytelling shows, competitions, or events in these cities:

• Seattle, WA
• Portland, OR
• Los Angeles, CA
• Las Vegas, NV
• Chicago, IL
• New York, NY
• Orlando, FL

Print & Web

Initiated outreach regarding print articles and interviews to:

• Daily Northwestern + Northwestern Alumni Magazine (his Alma Mater)
• Harvard Business Review - Circulation: 263,000
• Forbes.com - 45,000,000 Social Followers
• Entrepreneur.com - 619,000 monthly subscribers
• San Francisco Chronicle - 168,000 daily subscribers

Rosen is registered as a writer of articles and essays on storytelling for:

• constant-content.com
• hubpages.com
• dotwriter.com
• articlesale.com
  

Reviews

Rosen’s strong connections to The Moth brand will get local and national reviewers to read and evaluate the book.

Media and Speaking Appearances & Panels

Rosen’s professional experience in animation, theme parks, and virtual reality gives him niche credentials to speak about several specialized subjects:

• Storytelling for immersive and location-based experiences
  
• Storytelling for virtual reality and other new technologies.
• Storytelling in animation
• Storytelling and improvisation
  

Serialization

Many parts of The Best Story Ever Told: Improv Strategies to Get Creative, Sell That Story, and Keep Your Audience on Edge lend themselves to excerpting in magazines. As several of the stories are about experiences as a parent, leading family magazines will be targets such as:

• Parents Magazine - Circulation: 11.8 Million
• Family Circle - 3.8 Million subscribers

For travel-related stories, author will target in-flight magazines such as:

• Hemispheres (United) - 12,000,000 passengers per month
• American Way (American) - 16,000,000 passengers per month
• Additionally: Southwest, Delta, Alaska, and USAirways

Additional Promotion Opportunities

A self-produced trailer for the book will be complete before July 15, 2019.
Rosen will push pre-sales via his own social media (5500) including:

• @coreyrosen (linkedin)
• Co-Worker mailing lists
• @mrbagel44 (instagram)
• www.coreyrosen.com (website & student/fan list)
• @coreyrosen (twitter)
• @storyrosen (facebook)
  

Rosen is an on-air personality during drive-time radio in the leading morning show in the Bay Area (The Sarah and Vinnie Show on KLLC). The station averages a 3.8 Nielsen rating in San Francisco

Podcast The Best Story Ever Told: Improv Strategies to Get Creative, Sell That Story, and Keep Your Audience on Edge launches August 15, 2019.

Rosen knows, and will contact, the hosts and producers of NPR Stations KQED (#1 Rated Station in San Francisco) and KALW. He has been featured on the show, Cross Currents.

Product details

• Authors: Corey Rosen, Rosen Corey
• Assisted by: Patrick Combs (Foreword), Combs Patrick (Foreword)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2021
• EAN: 9781642504651
• ISBN: 978-1-64250-465-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Marketing / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Mentoring & Coaching, REFERENCE / Personal & Practical Guides, SELF-HELP / Communication & Social Skills, Writing and editing guides, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Speech & Pronunciation