Finding Elara
Season 2 Episode 9 and Episode 10
A passionate conversation with Jo Henwood exploring where her creativity has come from
Episode 9 focusses on how Jo has followed her heart to create a Niche that embraces storytelling.
Episode 10 dives into Jo's worldbuilding style and embraces the world of storytelling.
Jo Henwood
Jo Henwood is an Accredited Storyteller with Australian Storytellers, accredited Professional Guide with the Institute of Australian Tour Guides, and has been President of the Australian Fairy Tale Society. She is a museum theatre creative, and workshop leader on literature, history, creative writing, folklore, and storytelling. As a Tour Guide she leads tours around Sydney, as and Education Officer she interprets history and science in heritage sites, and she was a FEAST (Federation of Asian Storytellers) mentor to Storytellers performing in heritage sites. Her qualifications include BA (Library Science), Tour Guiding Cert III, Graduate Diploma of Museum Studies, Graduate Certificate of Gifted Education, and Master of Cultural Heritage. Jo has been performing stories for over 25 years, specialising in historical stories and fairy tales, and storytelling in heritage sites, but also performing myths, mysteries, romances, ghost and literary stories, for audiences from pre school to elderly, including school age, families, teens, and People With Disability.
Mindful Show Notes
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‘I’ve constructed the life that meets my dreams’
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Wrong Bassinet at the Hospital
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When you have the choice to learn something practical or something you Loe then go for the one that you love.
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Oscure path leads to Niche
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Started Australian Fairytale Society in August 2013
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She lives and out of the Rut life because of her different jobs.
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Jo is not scared of hard work
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Motivation is easy to find when you are inspired and interested
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Was pleased to learn Storytelling was a profession
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Don’t need to be original to be a storyteller, you take the scaffolding from something that is already there.
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To stop overwhelm – pretend to be tough.
Worldbuilding Show Notes
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• To Jo worldbuilding means transferring what is in your brain to the audience. Linking to the senses and clothing that reality a way the audience will understand
• Research is so important as an aspect of worldbuilding.
• Loop of the information coming in and the story you share.
• Fairy tales were subversive when they were written and inspired collaborative work for Jo
• Be the creative you want others to see
• Immerse yourself in your world - all the senses
• Use natural words to explain that world and the story
• Research what is appropriate for your world
• Create something that people can see themselves in
• Avoid info dumps
• You get the audience you deserve
• Start with action
Interview Accompaniment
Episode Transcript
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