In this episode, Story Teller, Coach and writer Mehak Mirza Prabhu talks about fundamentals of Story telling, developing characters, balancing between practice and spontaneity and pursuing a career in story telling.

List of Questrions -

1. What is a story? (02:45 )
2. What got you hooked to story telling? (03:25 )
3. How did you sharpen your skills? (07:28 )
4. Balancing between instincts and deliberate effort? (13:18 )
5. Please describe your process of creating a story (16:55 )
6. How do you perform the same story 100 times and still feel the same emotions every single time? (19:53 )
7. How to develop character for stories? (22:40 )
8. How about performing characters on stage? (25:35 )
9. How do you use props to enhance the visualization of your story? (28:00 )
10. What if the audience doesn’t respond the way you expect them? (30:37 )
11. Zoning out on stage ? (31:40 )
12. Your thoughts on voice modulation? (33:12 )
13. What is story tellers Riyaz? (35:56 )
14. What role does language play in story telling? (37:13 )
15. What are the tools that a story have to sharpen his or her skill? (40:18 )
16. Have you ever read/narrated anyone else story on stage? (42:56 )
17. How can Some pursue a career as a story teller? What are the different ways in which one can earn as story teller? (44:30 )
18. Do you reach out to corporate directly or they reach out to you?(50:24 )
19. How do you respond to people who tell you “I want to quit my job and be a story teller? (52:50 )
20. What is the most difficult about mentoring someone? (57:05 )
21. 3 big take aways (01:03:40 )

Please find the list of all questions and other details @ http://thebreakschool.com/mehak mirza prabhu/

This is our second episode in the Story telling series. A few weeks back we had International award winning story teller Geeta Ramanujan speak on the art of story telling. Listen to her on http://thebreakschool.com/geeta-ramanujam/