A while ago I attended a storytelling presentation concerning copyright. Any inaccurate information is the fault of the note taker.

• Seek traditional material that is a public domain. Many authors of the variance of an original concept and make it unique for themselves.
• Find three versions of the original tale.
• If you reference a specific story credit the original to the teller or origin or culture.
• You must get permission from the creator to share the material. If you get the permission you can tell the story as you want.
• Google publishers’ sites and write to ask permission.
• Storytelling from published works: memorize it and tell it so that gets its own flavor.
• Condense the bigger story into a song or portrayed.
• Cut extra details use gestures to build a story. Note, novels naturally give more detail. Printed works give more detail.
• Stories give pictures. Stories often repeat
• Stories cut out extraneous detail
• Match choice to the time.

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